A 36 year old man has been murdered in West Dublin following an altercation overnight.

The fight broke out in Lucan a short time after shots were fired at a house in nearby Ronanstown.

The victim has been named locally as 36 year old Neil Reilly, from Lucan.

Juliette Gash reports from Lucan;

Superintendent Dermot Mann briefed the media on the details that unfolded in west Dublin overnight;