Man held over Dublin shooting

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a man more than a year ago.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a man more than a year ago.

The man was arrested in Tallaght this morning by detectives investigating the shooting of Robert Delaney.

Mr Delaney was shot in the head after he answered the door of his apartment at Russell Rise in Tallaght in the early hours of October 22nd 2008. His wife and children were in the room at the time. He remains in Tallaght Hospital as a result of the shooting.

The man is presently being held at Tallaght Garda station under section 30 of The Offences Against the State Act.

He is the sixth person to be arrested in relation to the investigation.

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