Searches carried out this morning in connection with a shooting in Carlow last December

Searches were carried out this morning in Carlow as well as Wexford and Waterford with Gardaí arresting three men aged in their twenties, one in his thirties and another in his fifties.

All have been detained at various garda stations across the South East under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.

Investigations into the incident in Carlow on 5th December 2022 are ongoing.