A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident in Tullamore in Co. Offaly yesterday evening.

A man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were injured when a gunman opened fire outside a house in Cluain Darach at around 7pm last night.

They were taken to the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore. They are not believed to be seriously injured.

The gunman escaped in a car which was later found burnt out near Durrow. A man in his early 20s was arrested in the Offaly area this morning.

He is being held at Tullamore Garda Station.