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08:04 GMT, Sunday, 24 August 2008 09:04 UK

Victim dies after shooting attack

Garda

A man in his 40s has died following a shooting incident in a bar in Dublin.

Another man was wounded in the attack at the Jolly Toper bar in the city's Finglas area on Saturday night.

Gardaí said two masked gunmen entered the bar and singled out their victims before opening fire. The men were taken to the Mater Hospital, where one of them died a short time later.

The wounded man's condition is described as stable. No arrests have yet been made.




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