A man in his 70s was hospitilised after the incident on Wednesday evening.
Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses to a shooting in the midlands last night.
A man in his 70s was seriously injured when shots were fired through the window of a house in Longford Town shortly before 8 o'clock.
He was taken to the Regional Hospital in Mullingar, where is he's understood to be in a stable condition.
No arrests have been made, and Gardaí are appealing to anyone with information to contact them.
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