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STAFF AND STUDENTS at Riversdale Community College have been offered psychological support services this morning as the school reopened following yesterday’s shooting.
At approximately 3.40pm yesterday a lone gunman fired shots appearing to target a man in his 20’s who was waiting outside the school on the Blanchardstown Road North in the Corduff area.
Gardaí said a number of people were arrested at the scene, and released following searches. The gunman ran in the direction of Corduff Grove. No one was injured during the incident.
Gardaí believe a local gang feud in the area is the motive behind the shooting.
The Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB), the patron of Riversdale Community College, told TheJournal.ie that “all school activities are proceeding entirely as normal and will continue to do so”.
DDLETB said that it is currently providing advice to the teaching staff on how they, in turn, can provide support and advice to pupils.
Where it is necessary to offer specific counselling support to any individual pupils, in relation to yesterday’s incident, this will be provided.
‘Reckless attack’
The DDLETB said when the nature of the incident became apparent yesterday, the school requested all pupils to stay within the school for a period of time to ensure their safety and wellbeing.
The school also contacted parents and in due course, all pupils were able to leave as normal.
Superintendent William Carolan of Blanchardstown Garda Station condemned the “reckless attack” and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
In particular, he is appealing for anyone in the area of the community college between 3pm and 3.40pm to contact gardaí.
Anyone who drove along Blanchardstown Road North or Corduff Grove who may have dashcam footage is urged to make contact. Gardaí are also keen to hear from anyone who observed any usual activity in and around the school in recent days to come forward.
Those with information are urged to call Blanchardstown Garda Station on 01 666 9700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
With reporting from Sean Murray
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@waffler
Speak for yourself. If I see an article about a missing I child I will always read it. And so will every other decent human being. Keep up the good work The Journal.
@waffler I don’t have kids and maybe the journal do report them all but what if it was your child.. Would you not want every angle covered?
if the journal keeps reporting every time a kid has a row with their parents people will stop reading these articles and the genuinely serious cases will be ignored. ever heard of the boy who cried wolf?
Every single child is important regardless of reasons why they are missing, and if your the sort of person that will lose interest because there may be a bit more than you can be bothered to read then I think you need to change your way of thinking. Who knows what could happen to a child even If they do run once they are out there on their own. God where has all the decent people gone in this country. It’s all come about money greed and jealousy.
@wafffler – you certainly chose a good name for yourself.
Doesnt matter where he was found or why he went
Hes home safe thats the main thing
I agree on the vital importance of publicising any missing child (or missing person, for that matter), and I commend this publication for doing so. However, it is necessary to give closure to stories that have closure; particularly where it is a positive outcome. It must be reported where the person was found, what condition they were in, and what the circumstances of their apparent disappearance was. To simply state that the child was found is neither acceptable nor balanced coverage.
Journal staff need to work on writing skills… everyday there is an example of bad journalistic skills. As a reader, I want to know what happened to the kid while he was missing and etc
You want to know why exactly the poor fella went missing….. Just out of curiosity…? Ya, that’ll help him…. He’s found. Great news. End of.
Is that not just being nosey, he was found that’s all that matters
Where was he found? Did he just run away?
Delighted he was found safe and well. Wishing him and his family happiness and good luck for the future!
Great!
so he was only gone a day?
Thank god he was found safe. His family must be trilled…
That sounds painful.
the small number of comments backs up my argument
No it doesn’t just proves there are more sad nosey selfish inconsiderate people about. It’s good news for god sake very good news something we don’t hear alot of.
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