Vanessa Whyte, 45 and her son James, 14, and daughter Sara, 13, died in the incident earlier this week.

Police said the incident happened in the Drummeer Road area of Maguiresbridge, and that officers were at the scene which had been cordoned off.

The shooting took place within the Drummeer Road area of Maguiresbridge.

Damage was caused to the outside wall of the building, and several shotgun casings were recovered.

A father-of-three who was in his front garden in Carlow town on Sunday evening with his children when shooter Evan Fitzgerald entered Fairgreen Shopping Centre gave refuge to dozens terrified shoppers running from the complex as “mayhem” broke out.

The incident unfolded at 6.15pm when it appears a man fired a number of shots towards the roof of the busy Tesco supermarket at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre.

The premises has been evacuated and the scene is preserved. The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team has been requested to attend.

Police are investigating the brutal assassination as a drug-related gang shooting but have yet to make any arrests.

Diplomatic sources said two Irish diplomats were part of the delegation to the West Bank city of Jenin.

Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.

A man was taken to St James's Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Earlier, the court heard that when Mr Phelan was arrested and placed in a patrol car, he asked gardaí whether he could wash his hands and if the injured man was a Traveller

The incident happened on Sunday night in Ballinacurra, Weston at 8pm.

Jaures Kumbu (18) of Brookhaven Grove, Blanchardstown appeared before the Special Criminal Court

The incident occurred in Delgany, County Wicklow on Thursday, December 14th.

A man presented t0 hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting in Co Wicklow on Tuesday evening

Charlie Cooper was seriously injured when he was shot multiple times at his home in Mulhuddart in December 2016

The victim, aged in his early 20s, died in a shooting in the Knocknarea Road in Drimnagh in the early hours of May 6.

20-year-old Josh Itseli was shot dead in Drimnagh in the early hours of Monday morning - Gardaí are treating it as gangland-related.

Three men remained in Garda custody in Dublin on Tuesday evening

It is believed a murder in Drimnagh in Dublin on Monday was the result of a feud between rival gangs in the city

Three males were arrested on Slievebloom Road shortly after the shooting at around midnight on Sunday

Three men have been arrested as part of this investigation, and are currently being detained at Garda Stations in the Dublin Region.

The victim, aged 40, remains in a critical condition.

Spanish police have arrested an Irish national and a British man over a shooting incident at a popular Marbella restaurant last month

The scene is currently preserved for technical examination and an investigation into the incident is ongoing at Ballymun Garda Station.

Father of two Robert Sheridan (45) sustained fatal gunshot wounds to his head and body at his home in Ballymun in October 2018

Shots were fired at a house in the Ardmore area of Derry on January 6th.

No injuries were reported from the incident

A 53-year-old man, who was also arrested after the January 9 murder, remains in police custody.

A number of licensed firearms, including at least one rifle, along with ammunition, were seized as part of the investigation

The 26-year-old was shot multiple times in west Belfast earlier this month.

A 37-year-old man has been taken into custody for questioning about the killing in west Belfast last week.

Mr Kirwan was shot six times as he sat in his car in Clondalkin in December 2016

Another man in his 30s was rushed to hospital after being shot, and is understood to have been shot twice in the back around 4pm on Saturday.

The teenager will appear at the Children's Court on Wednesday.

Two murder investigations are underway following the incident on Christmas Eve

His injures are understood not to be life-threatening.

David Amah (18) appeared before Blanchardstown District Court on Friday morning

Gardaí confirmed a second murder investigation has been launched following the man's death

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has expressed shock and expressed solidarity with gardaí and restaurant staff.

The incident happened in a restaurant on Main Street in Blanchardstown on Sunday evening.

A man in his 40s was shot multiple times in Wicklow on Thursday.