Shotgun and bleach used in burglary

Two men had bleach poured over them and one had a shotgun shoved into his mouth as their wives and one of their children looked on in what gardaí said was a "particularly violent" burglary.

The burglars were dressed as police — wearing a Garda fleece jacket and stab proof vests — when they forced their way into the Filipino couples’ home in Finglas, north Dublin, at 10.30pm on Thursday.

“This was a particularly violent burglary, very nasty” said a Garda source. “It was horrendous for the family, who are absolutely traumatised.”