Hero punters stop gunman from opening fire in busy Dublin pub by chucking stool at bungling hitman in terrifying scene

One source told us the gunman had fallen over in the pub and had been laughed at

A MASKED thug who burst into a pub waving a gun was thwarted by punters who threw a bar stool at him.

The bungling hitman targeted O’Shea’s 79 Inn in Ballyfermot, Dublin, at around 9pm on Saturday.

The man wearing a balaclava stormed into the busy gastro pub with the weapon drawn.

His intended target escaped after a bar stool was hurled at the would-be assassin.

The gunman then allegedly fled the boozer.

It’s understood the incident occurred after a verbal row earlier in the evening.

But punters were unimpressed and a bar stool was chucked at him.

Gardai told The Irish Sun that their enquiries are “ongoing”.