Two more arrests over Dublin restaurant attack

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Image caption, The attack took place as families dined out in Blanchardstown on Christmas Eve

Garda铆 (Irish police) have arrested another two men in relation to a fatal shooting and stabbing attack in a restaurant in Dublin on Christmas Eve.

They are the eighth and ninth arrests made as part of the investigation into the incident, following which two men died.

It happened at Browne's Steakhouse in Blanchardstown just after 20:00 on 24 December.

Tristian Sherry, a gunman in the attack, was assaulted and suffered stab wounds at the scene and was later pronounced dead.

David Amah, 18, of Hazel Grove, Portrane Road in Donabate, County Dublin, has been charged with his murder.

A second man was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds but died from his injuries on 4 January. He was named by Irish broadcaster RT脡 as 48-year-old Jason Hennessy Snr.