Four men being questioned in connection with yesterday's foiled raid on a cash-in-transit van in Lucan in Dublin, have had their periods of detention extended.

Door-to-door inquiries are to get underway today in the vicinity of yesterday's foiled robbery on a cash-in-transit van in the Lucan area of Dublin.

A man was shot dead by undercover gardaí today after an elite organised crime squad foiled an armed hold-up.

One man has died in hospital after being shot by gardaí during an attempted robbery in Lucan, Co. Dublin earlier today.

Two men were shot today as elite armed gardaí foiled an attempted raid on a cash-in-transit van.