Dáil hears it was ‘by the grace of God’ no one hurt after child fired gun

Tanaiste Simon Harris said it was by ‘the grace of God’ no one was hurt after a child fired a gun in Ballymun, Dublin on Tuesday (Bairbre Holmes/PA)

It was “by the grace of God” no one was injured when an 11-year-old child picked up a discarded gun and fired it in Dublin on Tuesday, the Tanaiste has said.

Simon Harris was echoing the words of Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon who raised the incident during Leader’s Questions on Thursday, who said the incident should be a “watershed moment”.