Two young men were in a stable condition in hospital last night after a double shooting in Finglas, Dublin early yesterday.
The incident began at 2.45 a.m. when three men wearing balaclavas entered a house at Casement Close where a party was taking place.
One of the intruders was armed with a sawn-off shotgun, said a Garda spokesman. An 18-year-old man in the house was shot in the leg.
A second man, aged 22, was then pursued from the house by the gang to Barry Avenue, where he was shot in the head, chest and stomach.
He was taken to James Connolly Memorial Hospital, while the 18-year-old was taken to the Mater Hospital.
A Garda spokesman said the motive for the attack was not known.
Gardaí at Store Street in Dublin, meanwhile, are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man who was found unconscious behind hoarding on Parnell Street on Friday.
Mr Derek Lynch, originally from Drimnagh, died at the Mater Hospital.
Gardaí are appealing for the man who contacted the 999 emergency services, requesting an ambulance to go to the scene where Mr Lynch's body was found, to get in touch again.
The call was made from a coin box on Prince's Street, beside the GPO, at 1.50 p.m. on Friday.
A Garda spokesman said a post-mortem body had failed to establish a conclusive cause of Mr Lynch's death.
As well as the caller on Friday afternoon, gardaí wish to speak to anyone who may have seen Mr Lynch in the last few days prior to his death.
They also wish to speak to anyone who was in the area of Parnell Street between noon and 2 p.m. last Friday last.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Store Street Garda station at telephone number 01 6668666, or the Garda confidential line at 1 800 666 111.
