Teenager arrested in connection with Blanchardstown shooting

A teenager has been arrested in connection with an incident at a Blanchardstown restaurant on Christmas Eve which led to the deaths of two men.

Two murder investigations are under way after the incident at Browne’s Steakhouse in Blanchardstown at around 8pm on December 24.

Gunmen entered the restaurant and fired a number of shots, injuring Jason Hennessy Snr.

Tristan Sherry, a suspected gunman in the attack, was killed in the incident and died at the scene.

Gardai said that as part of the ongoing investigation, they arrested a teenage man under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.

He is currently detained and being questioned at a garda station in Dublin.

He is the sixth person to be arrested as part of this investigation.