Two men arrested in connection with the shooting of a 77-year-old woman at her home in south Dublin have been released without charge.

The pensioner was shot in the leg when she answered her door on Oliver Plunkett Avenue in Monkstown on Thursday night.

The woman received medical assistance at the scene before being taken to Saint Vincent’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The shooter - who was standing directly outside the front door and fired as soon as it was opened - is described as being of average height.

The men - aged 29 and 31 - were being questioned at Dún Laoghaire Garda Station.

They have now been released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.