Man dead in Drogheda shooting

A man has been shot dead in Co Louth tonight.

The incident happened at a house in Drogheda this evening.

At around 7 o'clock two men entered a house in the Saltown estate, they shot the man and fled the scene in what Gardaí believe was a white Toyota Corolla hatchback.

The vicitm who was in his 40s and was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hopsital in Drogheda.

He died there a short time later.

The scene in Saltown has now been sealed off for a technical examination.

Anyone with information about this gun attack is asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9388400.