Three people arrested over shooting in Corduff, west Dublin

Woman in her 50s and two men detained following Dublin 15 gun attack which injured man

29/04/16 Gardai at the scene in South Dublin this morning where they are commencing a dig for the bodies of two babies who were the result of abuse of a child in the 60's and 70's.. Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin. crime stock ****NB HOUSE CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED***
A man suffered injuries during the incident near the Corduff shopping centre in Dublin 15. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin.

A woman aged in her 50s and two men have been arrested by gardaí investigating a shooting in west Dublin on Tuesday.

A man suffered injuries during the incident at 4.40pm near the Corduff shopping centre at Blackcourt Avenue in Dublin 15.

The man, aged in his 40s, was taken from the scene for injuries believed to be “non life threatening”.

A woman and two men, one aged in his late teens and the other in his 20s, were arrested on Wednesday during the course of searches in Blanchardstown.

Gardaí said on Friday the woman is detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939, and the two men are being held under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007, at Garda stations in the Dublin area.

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Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns is a reporter for The Irish Times