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Clondalkin

Update: 14-year-old boy dies after shooting incident in Clondalkin

The incident happened at a house in Woodford in the south Dublin suburb at around 10.15pm last night.

Update: 11.56am

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has died after a shooting incident at a house in Clondalkin, south Dublin last night.

The teenager sustained gunshot injuries in the incident at the house in the Woodford area at around 10.15pm.

He was taken to Tallaght Hospital where he died this morning.

Gardaí have advised they are treating the incident as a personal tragedy.

-Additional reporting by Sinéad O’Carroll

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