A 23-year-old man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being shot when he answered a knock on the door of the family home in the Allenton Green area of Tallaght on Friday night. The victim, who lived with his parents, was confronted by a man with a handgun who shot him a number of times in the chest and upper body.

There was no obvious motive for what looked like a gangland shooting. The injured man was not known to gardaí and speculation centres on the possibility that this was a case of mistaken identity.

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