Gardaí have launched an inquiry after a man in his 60s escaped a shooting at a Dublin housing estate.

Shots were fired at the man shortly after 7pm last night, as he sat in a car at Rathbeale Crescent in Swords.

The intended target – who is known to gardaí – is understood to have escaped injury.

A black Audi which gardaí believe was used in the shooting was found on fire a short time later, on a back road near Dublin Airport.

Gardaí at Swords are appealing for information.