Elderly man is recovering in hospital after burglary in carroreigh

An elderly man is recovering after being assaulted in his home in the Carroreigh area of New Ross on Tuesday night between nine O Clock and midnight.

A sum of money was taken during the aggravated burglary. The man managed to raise the alarm and was brought to Wexford General Hospital for observation but was later released. Superintendent John McDonald from New Ross Garda Station is appealing for help from the public.