'Pure luck' children not killed in drive-by shooting of family stopped at traffic lights

Major Garda search operation led to the arrest of a man on Thursday morning in South-East Dublin. File picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí said it was “pure luck” that children were not seriously injured or killed in a reckless drive-by shooting on a family stopped in their car at traffic lights in West Dublin.

The terrifying incident happened shortly before 10am last Monday, when a car pulled up beside another vehicle at traffic lights on the Nangor Road in Clondalkin.