A manhunt is underway in Co Offaly following an attempted shooting in Tullamore last night.

At around half nine last night, a man wearing full army combat gear and masked with a balaclava walked into a sports gym on the Clara Road.

He attempted to fire two shots at a man inside but the firearm failed to discharge.

The gunman fled the scene and Gardaí have since recovered a burnt out car in the Canal Bank Area of Tullamore.

Nobody was injured in the attack and no arrests have been made.