A 48-year-old man arrested in connection with the aggravated burglary of a 96-year-old woman in Co Donegal was last night released without charge.

The Government has halved the budget for providing personal security alarms to the elderly, despite a spate of recent attacks on older people in their own homes.

A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating an aggravated burglary on the home of a 96-year-old woman in Donegal, it has emerged.