Traffic officer injured in shooting

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The regional traffic unit garda was shot after stopping two men in a car at Ossory Road, near the Irish Financial Services Centre, shortly after 9am.

A garda source said: "One of our traffic officers on a bike stopped two men in a car and one of them got out and fired a shotgun at him and hit in him in the chest."

The uniformed motorcycle garda officer was taken to the Mater Hospital in Dublin's north inner city, where he is in a stable condition.

The men in the car - which had been stolen in the last few days - sped off immediately after the shooting and abandoned the vehicle nearby.

It is believed they then transferred to a white van and escaped from the area.

Sergeant Gerry Curley, of the Garda Press Office, said: "A uniformed member of An Garda Siochana was shot this morning shortly after 9am while on duty.

"A passenger got out of the car and shot the member at close range.

"He has been taken to the Mater Hospital, where his condition is described as stable."

The stolen car was recovered a short distance from the financial district, in St Barnabas Road. Several roads around the north inner city area were sealed off and a garda checkpoint set up on the East Link Bridge.