It is understood that the shooting is linked to the ongoing gang feud in the town.

A convicted murderer and a Louth man have been sentenced for stabbing two friends after a dispute over a disturbance from a house party.

GARDAÍ are examining the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a mother and daughter in separate fires in the same house on different days.

The brother of murdered prisoner Gary Douch has been jailed for seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of explosives.