Shots were fired at a house in the Cabra area of Dublin in one of a number of incidents over the weekend. Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happened around 8.30 p.m. on Saturday at Annamoe Terrace in Cabra.
A car approached the house and two shots were fired, breaking the sitting-room window and damaging the door. The vehicle, believed to be a red Colt, was driven off in the direction of the North Circular Road. There were three people in the house at the time but nobody was injured. Gardai at Cabra are investigating.
Meanwhile, gardai in Co Kildare have upgraded their inquiry into the death of Mr John William Boland in Monasterevin to a full-scale murder investigation. This follows a post-mortem examination which confirmed he died from stab wounds.
Mr Boland died and his brother was assisted from their house at Ballykelly, just outside Monasterevin, when a fire broke out on Friday evening.
Cabra Gardai are also investigating a car hijacking early yesterday morning. A woman was forced from her car as she was stopped at traffic lights at Auburn Avenue on the Navan road at 5.30 a.m. The driver's door was pulled open and a man forced her out of the vehicle before driving off.
In Cork, a man was arrested following a serious assault on a woman early yesterday morning. The victim was walking alone on Church Road, Blackrock, at around 4 a.m. when she was attacked. She suffered numerous lacerations to her face and hands and was badly beaten.
In Drogheda, gardai seized firearms in a planned search of a house in the town. They discovered two handguns, loaded and ready for use. No arrests were made during the search on Saturday afternoon at Yellow Batter Road but the weapons have been sent to the Garda Technical Bureau for forensic examination.
