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The scene of the shooting in May. Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
Tallaght

Two men arrested over murder of Alan O'Neill

The 35-year-old man was shot dead in Tallaght in May this year.

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Alan O’Neill in Tallaght in May this year.

O’Neill was shot at a house on the Kiltalown Road in Tallaght on 27 May. He was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in the Midlands area this morning in connection with the investigation. A second man, a 21-year-old, was also arrested in the West Dublin area.

They are both being held at Tallaght garda station.

At the time of O’Neill’s killing, two men aged 18 and 28 were arrested, but were later released without charge.

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