A man in his 20s is fighting for his life today after being shot a number of times in an attack in Dublin.
The shooting took place in the The Fassaugh House bar in Cabra in the north of the city at around 1am. Gardaí said two unmasked men went into the bar at about 1am.
One of the men then shot the victim in the neck and chest.
The Garda said in a statement: "Anyone who was in the pub, or who may have been in the general area of the pub, and who have information to offer are asked to contact gardaí in Fitzgibbon Street"
The attack was the second gangland-style shooting in the city in the past three days; a 28-year-old man was killed in Ballymun in north Dublin early on Sunday morning.
Gardaí believe the man was shot dead because of a row over drug dealing in the area. He was shot in the back of the head at point-blank range on a first floor balcony of a flats complex.
A man in his 20s was arrested and detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act.
The shootings have prompted the Opposition to question what Minister for Justice Michael McDowell is planning to do to stop the violence that has reached record levels.
Labour Party Spokesperson on Justice Joe Costello said today: "Over the last 24 hours we have had two further gangland shootings in Dublin, leaving one 28-year-old man dead and another 23-year-old in a critical condition in hospital. This brings to 20 the total number of murders for 2005, a record for any single year.
"Yet, the Minister for Justice continues to bury his head in the sand, preferring to pursue personal campaigns against individuals, than attending to his responsibilities by introducing measures to deal with the carnage.
"He seems to prefer behaving like a modern-day Don Quixote, tilting at imaginary windmills in the name of national security, rather than addressing the series of gangland murders that are causing chaos on the streets," added Mr Costello.
Fine Gael Party Spokesperson on Justice Jim O'Keeffe echoed his Labour counterpart saying that Mr McDowell "has lost control of law and order in some parts of the capital" and is looking increasingly like a "Minister who is not in charge."
"There is a very real danger that gangland violence will spill over and affect innocent bystanders. Bombs like the one discovered on the M50 do not discriminate between criminals and innocent citizens," he added.
"Last year Minister McDowell famously referred to a gangland murder as the 'last sting of a dying wasp'. The Minister could have been referring to himself."