The brother and sister, aged seven and five respectively, escaped unharmed after they discovered a loaded handgun on a green area near their home on Castlecurragh estate in the Mulhuddart area

A 23-year-old woman is due in court this morning in connection with a shooting incident in Mulhuddart on Monday that injured three people, including a baby boy.

An eight-month-old boy was lucky to escape with his life after he, along with his mother and teenage uncle, were blasted with a shotgun in broad daylight.

The grandfather of an eight-month-old baby shot in Dublin in a vicious attack has said: “The feud is only starting.”