Gardaí are seeking a third man in connection with the shooting dead of a man in Dublin last night.
A 35-year-old man, named locally as Alan O’Neill, was shot a number of times at his house on Kiltalown Road in Tallaght, he died a short time later.
Two men, aged 18 and 28, were arrested in nearby Belfry square, where a car was being burned out.
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Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses in the area to come forward, and are interested in talking to anyone who saw a dark-coloured Nissan Almera, or the silver Mazda that was burned out.
Superintendent Peter Duff of Tallaght Garda Station said: "Last night at approximately 10.30pm, Gardaí got a call that a car was acting suspiciously in the Belfry Manor area of Tallaght.
"Gardaí on patrol went up and they stopped a Nissan Almera car. As they were speaking to the driver of the car, they noticed two other males were running towards the car from a car that was now on fire.
"Two of the males were arrested by Gardaí on the scene, one male fled the scene."