Inquiry begins into two Dublin shooting incidents

Gardaí are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Dublin overnight.

Gardaí are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Dublin overnight.

At around 1 a.m. a gunman shot two men standing outside a pub across the road on Benburb Street.

One man, a bouncer, was hit in the chest, while the other, a customer, was shot in the arm. Both men were taken to the Mater hospital where their condition is not believed to be life threatening.

Three hours later a man in his 20s was shot after a number of armed men forced their way into his house on Cooley Road, Drimnagh, in south-west Dublin.

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The incident happened at around 4 a.m. and the man was taken to hospital but his condition is not critical.