Gardai involved in Dublin shootout

Gardai following a car that was acting suspiciously came under fire last night on Bloomville road in Inchicore, Dublin.

Two men are being held by gardai in Dublin following a high speed chase through Inchicore last night.

The men, aged 18 and 22 years of age, were travelling in a car shortly before midnight when gardai travelling behind them along the old Nass/ Bluebell Road noticed something suspicious.

The Garda patrol vehicle followed the car towards the Bluebell Road where a high speed chase ensued.

The Garda vehicle was rammed three times and a passenger in the back of the speeding car fired shots through the broken rear windscreen with a pump action shotgun.

However the shots did not penetrate the Garda vehicle and no one was injured.

The chase then continued and the car was abandoned at a flat complex where a number of men fled the vehicle.

Two men were subsequently arrested and are being held under section thirty of the Offences

Against the State Act.

The scene is being preserved for technical examination.