Man injured in Meath pub shooting
30/03/2006 - 08:07:44A 28-year-old man has been hospitalised following a shooting at a pub in the Co Meath village of Duleek last night.
Gardaí say a man entered the Carranstown Lodge just before 11pm and fired a number of shots at the victim from a handgun, wounding him in the stomach.
The two men subsequently became involved in a struggle and the weapon fell the floor.
The gunman left the scene and fled in a waiting SUV-type vehicle driven by an accomplice.
The injured man was taken to hospital in Drogheda, where his condition is said to be stable.
A loaded firearm was recovered at the scene, which is being forensically examined this morning.
