Two women and five children escaped uninjured after shots were fired at their house in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Drogheda, Co. Louth, yesterday.

Building materials group CRH has said that trading operations in Europe in the first four months of the year has been affected by severe weather conditions in February and by the ongoing impact on sentiment of volatility in Eurozone financial markets.