A man has been shot in a suspected gangland attack in a pub in Dublin.
Gardai said the man was hit a number of times in a gun attack in the Summerhill area of north Dublin.
The incident took place at around 9.30pm, with the victim targeted at the Sunset House bar.
There was immediate speculation that the shooting was the latest in a bloody feud involving associates of the Kinahan and Hitch families.
The two sides have been embroiled in a bitter row which has claimed the lives of several people in gangland style gun murders since late last year.
Former Labour TD Aodhan O’Riordain appealed for calm.
“Seriously concerned at reports of another shooting. Calm needed now at all costs,” he said.
The latest shooting is about a mile from where Martin O’Rourke, an innocent father, was shot dead just over a week ago.
He was caught in the crossfire on Sheriff Street as another murder bid linked to the feud was launched.
That in turn was a mile or so from where taxi driver Eddie Hutch, brother of Gerry “The Monk”Hutch, was shot dead at his home off North Strand in February.
The Hutch-Kinahan feud spiralled into a killing spree when Gary Hutch was shot dead in an apartment complex near Marbella on the Costa del Sol last September.
His killing is believed to have been avenged in the Regency attack, which claimed the life of David Byrne, an associate of the Kinahan family.
Within days, Eddie Hutch was dead, and at the end of last month Noel Duggan, an old friend of suspected armed robber Gerry “The Monk” Hutch, was shot dead at his home in Ratoath.
Meanwhile, speaking earlier today, the Garda Commissioner says the investigations relating to recent gangland murders and activities are progressing very well.
Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan, made the remarks during the first meeting held in public, between the Policing Authority and the Garda Commissioner.
Commissioner O’Sullivan, says protecting communities from violent and organised crime is the top priority of An Garda Siochana.
