Raiders shoot man in his home

A man was being treated in Blanchardstown Hospital, Dublin, yesterday for a gunshot wound to his right leg after two men entered…

A man was being treated in Blanchardstown Hospital, Dublin, yesterday for a gunshot wound to his right leg after two men entered his home at Whitechapel Grove, Blanchardstown, early yesterday morning.

Gardai said the men demanded money and a struggle ensued, during which the owner of the house was shot. They got no money.

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