Two shot as gardaí foil cash-in-transit raid

Two men were shot today as elite armed gardaí foiled an attempted raid on a cash-in-transit van.

A five-man gang were confronted by detectives who had them under surveillance as they prepared to rob security staff in Lucan, west Dublin shortly after midday.

It is understood two men were shot, one seriously wounded, and three men were arrested.

The gang were intercepted in the Foxborough area of Lucan.