Two men dressed in hoodies and face coverings, and armed with handguns, fired seven shots at homes at a halting site, situated on the outskirts of the city centre.

Gunshot strikes were discovered on the front door of a house in the Creggan area of Londonderry.

Reports were made of a firearm being discharged at two residential properties in Ballinasloe at around 3:50am.

A man in his 70s was taken to hospital

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a number of shots were discharged from a firearm in Ballinasloe in the early hours of this morning. The incident happened at a residential property in the Garbally Oaks area of the town at approximately 3 a. m.