An elderly man (68) living in isolation, was forced to abandon his home at 1am in the morning after raiders threatened to rob him for a third time.
Micheal McMahon from Doonbeg in Co. Clare cycled 30 kilometres along a dark lonely road, a journey that took him 8 hours because he was weak and shaking, in order to reach the nearest nursing home where he checked himself in.
Three men this week pleaded guilty to robbing him of €7,000 over two nights. They will be sentenced in March.
Freelance reporter Gordon Deegan spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.
A Mayo man, who shot dead an intruder at his home, has described Michael McMahon's case as a 'sad state of affairs'.
Padraig Nally was cleared of manslaughter over the incident at his home in Cross in 2004.
He told The Pat Kenny Show that people in rural areas do not have enough protection.
