Man (40s) hospitalised after gun fired into car in Co Clare

A man in his 40s is recovering in hospital after he was shot in Co Clare early on Tuesday morning. The man sustained a gunshot wound after a gun was fired inside a vehicle at Coolreagh at about 5.15am. Gardaí said the man’s injuries were not life-threatening and that Garda investigations were continuing. A dark coloured Volkswagen van that gardaí suspect is linked to the shooting was subsequently recovered at a filling station on Corbally Road, Co Limerick . The van was cordoned off by gardaí, and an initial forensic examination took place at the filling station.