Ireland Shooting in Tallaght, Dublin, under investigation
A woman in her 30s was shot in the hip and leg area with a suspected pellet gun in the front garden of a house at Swiftbrook in Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin, at around 10:10pm on 21 November 2023. She presented to Tallaght Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury and later discharged herself. Later that evening, a car and a house were set on fire at separate locations in Jobstown. No arrests have been made, and Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and camera or dash-cam footage from the area between 9:30pm and 3:00am.
- Reported21 Nov
7 reports - Arrested
- Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- A woman in her 30s was shot in the hip and leg area with a suspected pellet gun at a house in the Jobstown area of Tallaght.
- Later that evening, criminal damage by fire to a car and a house was reported at separate locations in Jobstown.
- Where
- The shooting took place in the front garden of a house at Swiftbrook in Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin.
- When
- Gardaí received reports of the firearm discharge at about 10:10pm on 21 November 2023.
- Weapon
- The weapon is believed to be a suspected pellet gun.
- Cause
- Sources say the incident is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between two rival gangs.
- Investigation
- No arrests have been made; scenes were put in place and technical examinations are ongoing.
- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and camera or dash-cam footage from the Jobstown area between 9:30pm and 3:00am.
- Other details
- The woman's injuries are described as non-life threatening in the Garda statement, while one report states they are not believed to be non-life-threatening; she discharged herself from Tallaght Hospital.
53 statements extracted from the articles
- whatA woman in her 30s went to Tallaght Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury. (garda.ie)
- whatThe woman's injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. (garda.ie, dublinlive.ie, irishmirror.ie)
- whatLater that evening there was criminal damage by fire to a car and a house at separate locations in Jobstown. (garda.ie)
- whatThe woman presented to Tallaght Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatA woman in her 30s was rushed to hospital after a shooting. (extra.ie)
- whatA woman was taken to hospital after a suspected firearms discharge incident. (kildarenow.com)
- whatThe woman, in her 30s, presented to Tallaght Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury. (kildarenow.com)
- whatHer injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. (kildarenow.com)
- whatLater that evening, criminal damage by fire to a car and a house was reported at separate locations in Jobstown. (kildarenow.com)
- whatA woman was shot in the Tallaght area of South Dublin. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA car was found burnt out nearby. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA car and a house were set on fire at separate locations in Jobstown. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA woman was injured in a shooting at a house in the Jobstown area of Tallaght. (rte.ie)
- whatA woman in her 30s attended Tallaght University Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury. (rte.ie)
- whatA woman was shot in the hip and leg area with a suspected pellet gun. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA house was set alight in an apparent firebomb attack in nearby Bawnlea, Jobstown, on the same night. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe shooting was at a residential premises in the Jobstown area. (garda.ie)
- whereThe woman was injured at a house in the Jobstown area of Tallaght. (dublinlive.ie)
- whereThe shooting took place in Tallaght. (extra.ie)
- whereThe incident was in Tallaght. (kildarenow.com)
- whereThe firearm was reportedly discharged at a residential premises in the Jobstown area. (kildarenow.com)
- whereThe woman was shot in the front garden of a house in Jobstown, Tallaght. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe shooting took place at a house in the Jobstown area of Tallaght, Dublin. (rte.ie)
- whereThe shooting happened at Swiftbrook in Jobstown. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenGardaí received reports of the firearm discharge at about 10:10pm on 21 November 2023. (garda.ie)
- whenGardaí received reports of the shooting at around 10:10pm. (dublinlive.ie)
- whenGardaí received reports of the firearm discharge at about 10:10pm. (kildarenow.com)
- whenThe shooting happened at around 10:10pm. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenReports of a firearm being discharged came in at around 10.10pm. (rte.ie)
- whenThe shooting happened at around 10:10pm on Tuesday night. (irishmirror.ie)
- causeThe incident is believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between two rival gangs. (irishmirror.ie)
- causeSources say the shooting happened amid an ongoing gangland feud between two rival drug gangs. (irishmirror.ie)
- weaponA firearm was discharged at a residential premises. (garda.ie)
- weaponGardaí believe the woman may have been shot in the leg and hip with a pellet gun. (irishmirror.ie)
- weaponA firearm was discharged. (rte.ie)
- weaponThe weapon was a suspected pellet gun. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationScenes have been put in place and technical examinations are ongoing. (garda.ie, kildarenow.com, irishmirror.ie)
- investigationNo arrests have been made. (garda.ie, dublinlive.ie, kildarenow.com, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie)
- investigationGardaí are appealing to anyone in the Jobstown area between 9.30pm and 3:00am who may have witnessed the incidents to come forward. (garda.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking for camera footage and dash cam footage. (garda.ie)
- investigationScenes were put in place and technical examinations are ongoing. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí are asking people with camera footage or dash-cam footage to make it available. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationGardaí are appealing to anyone who was in the Jobstown area between 9.30pm and 3am to come forward. (kildarenow.com)
- investigationGardaí are asking for camera footage and dashcam footage from motorists. (kildarenow.com)
- investigationGardaí are appealing to anyone in the Jobstown area between 9.30pm and 3am to come forward. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí are appealing for witnesses, particularly anyone with camera footage including dash-cam. (rte.ie)
- investigationGardaí have appealed for witnesses from the Jobstown area between 9.30pm and 3:00am. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherNo other injuries have been reported. (garda.ie, kildarenow.com)
- otherAnyone with information is asked to contact Tallaght Garda Station. (garda.ie)
- otherGardaí and emergency services attended criminal damage by fire to a car and a house at separate locations in Jobstown. (dublinlive.ie)
- otherThe woman has since discharged herself from hospital. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe woman's injuries are not believed to be non-life-threatening. (rte.ie)
- otherThe woman presented to Tallaght Hospital and later discharged herself. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 22 Nov2023Calls for calm after woman shot and house set on fire amid Tallaght gang feud
First report of the Jobstown shooting. Adds the feud context, the separate house firebomb in Bawnlea, the garda appeal for witnesses and footage, and the woman's injuries and hospital discharge.
victim, 30s, female - 22 Nov2023Woman injured in Tallaght shooting
Initial report of a shooting in Jobstown, Tallaght. The article also mentions separate criminal damage by fire to a car and a house in Jobstown, which it describes as separate incidents and which are not part of this case.
victim, 30s, female - 22 Nov2023Woman in hospital after shooting incident in Tallaght as car burnt out
Adds that the woman presented to Tallaght Hospital, that gardaí believe she was shot in the leg and hip with a pellet gun, that she has since discharged herself, that a car was found burnt out nearby, that gardaí are appealing for witnesses between 9.30pm and 3am, and the gang-feud link described as sources' belief.
victim, 30s, female - 22 Nov2023BREAKING: Woman taken to hospital following suspected firearm incident near Kildare-Dublin border
Reports a suspected firearm discharge at a residential premises in Jobstown, Tallaght, on 21 November 2023, with a woman in her 30s injured. The headline places the incident near the Kildare-Dublin border, but the garda statement places it in Tallaght (Dublin). Also reports later criminal damage by fire to a car and a house in Jobstown, no arrests, and an appeal for witnesses and camera or dashcam footage.
victim, 30s, female - 22 Nov2023Woman, 30s, Rushed To Hospital After Tallaght Shooting
The article body is empty. The headline matches existing case 19073 (a woman in her 30s injured in a shooting in Tallaght) but adds no new details.
victim, 30s, female - 22 Nov2023Woman injured in Tallaght shooting as car and house set on fire
Adds that gardaí also attended criminal damage by fire to a car and a house at separate locations in Jobstown, gives the report time of about 10:10pm, says the woman's injuries are believed to be non-life threatening, and sets out a garda appeal for witnesses and camera or dash-cam footage for 9.30pm to 3:00am.
victim, 30s, female - 21 Nov2023Firearm and Criminal Damage Incidents, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24, 21st November 2023
Official Garda press release, issued 23 November 2023, on the same Jobstown incidents as case 7043. It gives the shooting time as about 10:10pm, confirms the injury is believed to be non-life threatening, and adds the car fire, the Garda appeal for witnesses and footage, and that no arrests have been made.
victim, 30s, female