Third man arrested over Tallaght murder

Gardaí have arrested a third man over the murder of a 20-year-old in Tallaght last month.

The 19-year-old was arrested in the Tallaght area earlier today and is being questioned at Tallaght garda station over the murder of Stephen O’Halloran who was shot in the head as he sat in the driver’s seat of the car outside his mother and stepfather’s home on the night of Monday, January 19th.

Two other men were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder and remain in custody this evening.

Mr O'Halloran was shot as he sat with two other men in a car in the driveway of a house in Kilmartin Drive, Tallaght.

Two men, both believed to have been armed with 9mm handguns, walked up to the car and fired a volley of rounds into it.

Mr O'Halloran died at the scene.

The other two men tried to run from the gunmen but as they fled they were shot in the upper body. Neighbours took them into their homes and tried to attend to their wounds before an ambulance arrived.

A garda patrol car in the area heard the gunfire and sped to the scene within one minute of the attack. However, the gunmen narrowly escape by running into Kilmartin Park and onto Kilmartin Gardens before fleeing in the direction of Fettercairn Road.