Three questioned after man shot dead

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to question three young men in relation to an incident that left a 21-year-old dead from shotgun wounds.

Investigators are believed to be inquiring into whether the death was a result of a tragic accident when a loaded, legally held shotgun was brought out during the course of a drunken party.

Shortly before 4am gardaí in Blanchardstown responded to a call from a house at Fortlawn Park in Clonsilla to find Christopher Emmet lying fatally wounded in the front room of his home. The young man’s mother, Lorraine, and stepfather had been on holiday in the Canary Islands and it is believed Mr Emmet was hosting a party when he received his fatal injuries.