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LAST UPDATE | 6 Mar 2019
A MAN HAS been seriously injured in a shooting in west Dublin this afternoon.
The incident occurred shortly after 5pm at Briarswood in Mulhuddart. A man in his 20s was shot multiple times.
He was taken to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown where he is being treated for gunshot wounds, gardaí have said.
Dublin Fire Brigade and gardaí attended the scene of the incident. Both areas have been sealed off pending the arrival of crime scene examiners.
A silver BMW 3 Series car was later discovered on fire at Saddlers Grove, Mulhuddart. Gardaí believe that this car was involved in the shooting.
Both areas have now been sealed off and a technical examination is being carried out by Garda Crime Scene Examiners.
Gardaí are appealing for anyone who was in the Blakestown Road or the Saddlers Grove area between 4.30pm and 5.30pm to contact them.
Gardaí are also appealing for anyone who was driving in the area and may have dash-cam footage to contact Blanchardstown Garda Station on 01 666 7000.
Local Sinn Féin councillor Paul Donnelly has said he is “saddened and shocked” by today’s shooting and called for more gardaí resources to tackle crime.
“Our community is very worried about community safety and we need assurances that extra resources are assigned to Dublin 15,” he said.
With reporting by Cónal Thomas
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One less BMW tailgating me on the m50
@Artur Gurta: comment of the day sir
@Artur Gurta: Classy…not much value on Life one must deduce.
@Margate: do you like drug dealers?
@Margate: I didn’t know bmw’s were alive
Pew pew
Pretty sure there is a car chase. Theres a garda heli going back and fowards around blanch sc and about 20 garda sirens.
@Jack lynch: found the shooter in fortlawn
@Jack lynch: A garda car flew by us chasing a car driving away from there
@Stephen Tyrrell: Hope so.
@Monika Broughill: which way were they going, i could only hear the sirens and see the heli but guessed it was probably a shooting so didnt go any closer.
@Jack lynch: We were heading to Hartstown, they flew by us heading towads the centre
@Monika Broughill: i think they went through blanch from there cause the heli went over towards westend and then back up by the industrial estate
@Monika Broughill: you’ve got flying cars in Dublin…. I must admit you’s Dubs have a paler shade of complexity ….
@Jack lynch: We saw it going but we didn’t stop so not sure what happened.
@Stephen Tyrrell: wrong !!!!
@David Farrell: care to elaborate?
@Jack lynch: no
@David Farrell: Hahaha no problem
@Jack lynch: If he’s got he’s going away for a long… I mean a couple of years.
Another one bites the dust. The UK have knife casualties, we have gun casualties.
Where’s the post I put up asking the question about why ye didn’t report on the 180 illegal immigrants and asylum seekers and counting, that were caught driving taxis in Ireland among them Isis supporters and s3x offenders. Ye seem to be borrowing you heads in the sand. At the last count it was nearly 300 thumbs up in an hour. Yer not in touch with the real world I’m afraid.
Same road where yer man was shot few weeks back.
@Uncle Montys oaf: ye just about 500 yards up it and same last name but not related to each other
@Kenneth O Brien: do you know who the victim is?
@Jack lynch: ye
@Kenneth O Brien: not the say name
@Boeing Lover: same*
Jeez our city has gone to the dogs!! Every day there are stories of drug seizures…which is good and worse…shootings!! Revolving door judicial system does not help our Gardai trying to get the s%$m off our streets.
There dead outside a shop
@Kenneth O Brien: no they’re not. Critical in hospital at the moment
@Aideen Pollard: DEAD
@Kenneth O Brien: wrong
@TheTrustedChalice: nope, just on 9pm news, critical but stable
I’m sure he was a pillar of society
@Rory Mahon: Absolutely. On his way home from “work”
Can we just throw Dublin away? It’s really doing a number on our murder rate.
@Jason Genovani: Yep. Has become an Embarrassing wee spot, alright.
@Margate: yes so embarrassing. My god.
Loads of cops at the border Brit watching
@John Hartigan: Where would we be without Brexit. Ask FG.
Passing by, on the scene, there is a van stopped and it seems they shot on the glass of the door. The road is still closed
Need stricter gun laws… Oh I forget, we have the strictest gun laws already.
Point of order: Mulhuddart is north Dublin.
@Hundredth Idiot: point of order: Mulhuddart is West Dublin.
@kokonutter: Hahaha. Yep west.
@Hundredth Idiot: east Ireland
@Hundredth Idiot: No it’s not…it’s West Dublin. I live in North Dublin…no such problems here…..I wish!!!
Posted from??
Just say no
Plus all the reply’s were erased to from other people.
The new chief Wiggum is doing some job!
Slowly starting to get outta hand let’s be honest here as bad as Limerick was this is on a new level.
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