Shots discharged at two men outside Dublin school Gardaí are exploring a shooting outside a school in west Dublin this evening.
A shooter discharged shots from a handgun at two men outside Riversdale Community College in Blanchardstown at around 4pm.
They were holding up outside the school to gather the more youthful sibling of one of the men.
Nobody was harmed in the assault and the shooter kept running off toward the Corduff domain.
Gardaí trust the assault is the most recent in a progression of fight related shootings in west Dublin in the previous four months.
The scene has been saved and gardaí in Blanchardstown are engaging observers or anybody with data to get in touch with them.
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB), which is the benefactor of Riversdale Community College, said that it is “mindful that an episode including gunfire has occurred outside of the school this evening at roughly 3.40pm”.
“The gardaí went to the region promptly in huge numbers. All understudies and staff are protected and well,” it said in an announcement.
“At the point when the idea of the occurrence ended up evident, the school mentioned all understudies to remain inside the school for a timeframe to guarantee their security and prosperity. The school likewise reached guardians and at the appointed time all students had the capacity to leave as typical.
“The school will revive tomorrow completely as typical.”
It said mental help administrations would be accessible to understudies and staff if essential.
The instruction and preparing board additionally communicated its “solid gratefulness” to the whole school network and lauded the main of the school, all staff, understudies and guardians for “the amazing and quiet way in which they responded to this deplorable episode“.
Gardaí state there has been an acceleration in weapon and medications wrongdoing in west Dublin, with continuous quarrels in Corduff and in the more noteworthy Finglas and Blanchardstown territories.
Nearby groups have discharged shots at one another in the city.
Small time, Lee Boylan, was shot and genuinely harmed in his van a month ago and another man, Eric Fowler, was shot dead three days before Christmas.
Garda watches have been expanded in the region and a few guns have been seized in the activity.
