Neighbour charged with Mary Dargan's murder

A neighbour has been charged with the murder and attempted murder of a 66-year-old woman and her daughter following a gun attack at a family home in Tallaght in Dublin.

Grandmother Mary Dargan died from a shotgun blast to the head after she encountered a man entering the back of her house, at the Killinarden Estate at around 4pm on Saturday.

Her 27-year-old daughter, Karina Dargan, who also lives in the house, was shot at and suffered injuries to her face. She and was taken to Tallaght Hospital but was later released.