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Irish Mirror
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Darragh Berry & Niall O'Connor

Gardai hunting gunman after early morning shooting outside house in Corduff, west Dublin

A gunman is allegedly on the run after an early morning shooting at a house in Dublin.

The incident took place on Sheephill Avenue in Corduff in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Gardai said that they "are investigating an incident that occurred at Sheephill Avenue, Dublin 15 on the 17th April at approximately 1:10am", Dublin Live reports.

They added: "Shots were allegedly fired at the front of a house. No injuries were reported and investigations are ongoing."

The incident comes just hours after a number shots were fired at another house in Finglas shortly 11pm on Tuesday.

Gardai attended the scene but there was no reports of any injuries from the incident.

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The shooting in Finglas is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud in the area.

A source told the Irish Mirror: "This is part of a ongoing local feud, but the intended target is a well known gang leader with links to the Kinahan cartel."

Tensions are high in the Corduff area, near Blanchardstown, after two months of feuding gang violence.

Violence has erupted in the area in recent weeks when a drug gang ruptured and spilled into open gun battles on the streets of the suburb.

In one incident, as revealed by the Irish Mirror who obtained footage of the shooting, shots were blasted by two gunmen when the warring factions came in contact with each other.

There was also a shooting outside a school that saw students locked in their class rooms as gardai hunted a gun man.

The gunman sprayed bullets at two men standing outside Riversdale Community College as parents were getting ready to collect children.

No one was injured in the shooting by a lone gunman linked to an ongoing feud between two crime families in the area.

The school was put on a temporary lockdown as teachers kept the children indoors while gardai secured the roadways outside.

The feud is lead on either side by two warring families of criminals.

They are suspected to be involved in the drug trade and have been the subject of garda organised crime probes.

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