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Elderly man tied up and had head covered by pillowcase in burglary last night

A sum of money was taken and the man in his 60s suffered face and head injuries.

DETECTIVES JUST NORTH of the border in Newry are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary in the Slieveshan Park area of Kilkeel, Co Down.

At around midnight, two or three men forced their way into the home of an elderly man.

Once inside, the burglars tied up the man, in his late 60s, and then covered his head with a pillowcase. They then proceeded to ransack the house looking through drawers and cupboards.

The men stayed in the property for around 30 minutes, and left the resident tied up in his bedroom when they left.

He eventually managed to free himself, and raised the alarm through a neighbour.

A PSNI statement said that a sum of money was taken from the house, and the man suffered facial and head injuries.

Police in the north are appealing for anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the area of Slieveshan Park yesterday evening to come forward.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 6:04 AM

    How long can it take to write down that you will financially punish anyone with a car and crisscross the nation with cycle lanes?

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    @Mogh Roith: And state over and over again that you’re going to build more DART lines and metros/public transport but never build it. Must be costing the state tens of millions to keep the charade going.

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    @Paul Gorry: same Paul….Toyota all day long!

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    Choked and Air polluted Galway City has missed several deadlines for a Bypass over the last Five Years. Get your Green finger out and face the reality of necessity for clean air in the City.

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    Feb 1st 2023, 8:41 AM

    Sure all the greens have done is put taxes on everything they could. Did it this government and did it the last time they were in government. They’re policy is put a carbon tax on it and more cycle lanes to nowhere.

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    Green or not so green all their rules haven’t worked or the cycle lanes time to go

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    Feb 1st 2023, 8:14 AM

    Hard to believe that micro / smaller States within EU like Malta , Cyprus , Luxembourg with less resources can Lodge thier plans on time and Irekabd cannot , Odd also that with a ” Green Minister” that We could not achieve this deadline ..????? Is He ( Eamon Ryan ) seeking perfection or “what gives” as they say ? The sad thing is that it really does not matter that much anyway since China and India along with insane population growth in Africa + South + Central America etc has condemned us to exceeding 2% .yet the Woke Mib only interested in criticising Europe + North America exclusively.

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    Ryan probably missed the deadline because he was asleep

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    The Greens just don’t have time to draw up a plan. They are too busy blighting or streets with plastic poles to protect cyclists.

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