Gardaí are investigating four separate shootings, all of which have taken place in the Dublin area since yesterday.
A 17-year-old girl was taken to hospital last night suffering from gunshot wounds to the arm and leg. The girl was found by gardaí who had been called to Greenfort Crescent in Clondalkin. She was taken to hospital but her injuries are said not to be life-threatening.
In a separate incident, a man and a woman in their 20s were shot and badly injured at a house in Finglaswood Road, Finglas at around 7.30am this morning.
A Garda spokesman said the man was shot in the stomach while the woman, believed to be his girlfriend, was shot in the knee. Both are being treated at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown.
In Tallaght, two men were injured when they were shot on the Old Bawn road at 6.40 yesterday evening.
The men were shot by a man on a motorcycle as they sat in a car. They managed to drive themselves to Tallaght Hospital for treatment.
One of the men is still in hospital.
This afternoon the Department of Justice confirmed that a nationwide gun amnesty will take place this autumn as a repsonse to the upsurge in gun-related violence.
"It's based on the Garda Commissioner (Noel Conroy) having looked at the Criminal Justice Bill provisions and having looked at how they will be able to manage it, including the amnesty," a Department spokesperson said.
It is understood it will run for several weeks in the autumn and will be one-off in advance of the introduction of the mandatory sentencing policy for gun crime.
There are thought to be thousands of unlicensed guns in the country.
At its' annual conference in April the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) questioned the value of a proposed gun amnesty.
AGSI President Paschal Feeney said it was unlikely hardened criminals would be so easily persuaded to give up their weapons.