Updated, March 7, 12.13pm

ONE OF THE men killed in the multiple shooting in a housing estate in Kilcock last night is believed to have links to organised crime.

The 31-year-old was shot alongside a man in his late teens – who is believed to be from eastern Europe – in the incident at Rochford estate in the Co Kildare village. Their bodies were taken to Connolly Hospital where they were pronounced dead a short time later. However, at a press briefing at Leixlip earlier today, gardai said one had been fatally injured in the house but the other had managed to escape out the back of the house before dying in a neighbour’s garden.

Two men – or possibly three – burst into the semi-detached house at 10.20pm last night and opened fire in the incident. Two other men were injured in the shooting and one of these is also believed to be from eastern Europe. The dead man in his 3os is thought to be Irish. They were taken to Tallaght and the Mater Hospitals where they are being treated for their injuries.

Forensic experts have been at the scene this morning and gardai are asking the public for any information on last night’s incident to contact Leixlip Garda Station 01  666 7800, or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111. They are particularly interested in any details on the getaway car and the route it might have taken.

A man was injured in a shooting in Kilcock at Brayton Park estate in broad daylight last December. The 25-year-old had been sitting in his car when he was shot just before noon on 6 December. It is not yet known if there is any link between this shooting and last night’s murders.

- additional reporting by Susan Daly