Gardai are appealing for information about the murder of a 45-year-old man in Dublin last night.

Andy Connors was shot several times at his home in Boherboy in Saggart at around 11 o'clock.

The father of six was a member of the travelling community and known to Gardai.

The gun attack happened shortly after he returned home from a function in Monasterevin in Co Kildare.

His wife, four of his children and his niece were in the house at the time.

Garda spokesperson Superintendent Paul Moran says the gunman, who was wearing a balaclava, was using a handgun: