Blanchardstown: Two gardaí shot during Dublin incident
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The incident happened in Blanchardstown, Dublin
Two members of An Garda Síochána (Irish police) are being treated in hospital after being shot during an incident in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Gardaí were called to a house at Whitechapel Grove shortly after 19:30 local time on Tuesday, and shots were fired at them.
The injured gardaí are being treated at Connolly Memorial Hospital for "non life-threatening gun shot wounds".
It is understood they were shot in the leg and arm.
A man in his 40s has been arrested, RTÉ reported.
Trained negotiators and officers from the emergency response unit were called to the scene.
The arrested man can be held in custody for up to three days.
No one else was injured in the incident.
The garda had requested a media blackout for the duration of the incident, but it was later lifted.