It is understood gunshots were exchanged between armed gardaà and the suspect at one point.
At least eight shots were fired from the window of the house towards gardaà as they stood in the street. A weapon was recovered at the scene.
One of the gardaà was wounded in the hand and the other in the leg or foot. They are being treated at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.
The shots resulted in other gardaà on the scene diving for cover before a security cordon was thrown around the scene and nearby houses were evacuated. The scene of siege at Whitechapel Grove, west Dublin on Tuesday night. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin
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Gardai probe if Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy went on machine gun rampage after being denied €20k for botched Boylan hit
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14 Mar 2021, 8:30
GARDAI are probing if drug-crazed gangster Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy went on a machine gun rampage after being denied a €20,000 payment for a botched hit on Lee Boylan.
The Irish Sun on Sunday today reveals how Devoy, 37, emerged as the prime suspect for the attempted murder of the gangland bagman.
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Cops attend to shooting victim Boylan after Mulhuddart attack
Boylan, 26, who still has bullets lodged in his body, had a miracle escape after he was blasted three times in the neck and shoulder as he sat in his van at Blakestown Road, Mulhuddart, Dublin, on March 6, 2019.