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Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"

The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities

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15.42 8 Feb 2022


Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"


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15.42 8 Feb 2022


The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities. Tom's cousin Michael tells Andrea "there is a tremendous sense of fear - this is a sense of terror, people have been terrorised"

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