Two men have narrowly escaped injury after a shooting outside a secondary school in west Dublin.

It happened  in the Corduff area, just after 3:30pm this afternoon.

It is understood a gunman approached the men.

He missed his target and fled the scene.

Gardaí from Blanchardstown say their investigation is ongoing.

Crime Editor with the Irish Mirror, Niall O'Connor, said it is being linked to an ongoing local feud.

He explained: "Gardaí are very worried about this.

"As you can imagine, to go to a school and start shooting rounds off... well, it's very easy to see that bullets could certainly have entered the school and injured some children."