Gardai in Dublin are appealing for witnesses to a fatal shooting in Drimnagh to come forward.

A 39 year old man was gunned down as he sat in his car on Cooley Road at around 3 O' clock this afternoon.

The victim was a well-known gangland criminal who was heavily involved in the Dublin drugs trade.

Gardai based at Sundrive Road have set up an incident room to investigate all the circumstances surrounding this shooting.

Superintendent David Taylor of the Garda Press office made a public appeal this evening.