Elderly woman beaten and robbed at home by three-man gang

AN elderly woman is recovering from a horrific and brutal ordeal where she was beaten and locked in a bathroom while a three-man gang ransacked and robbed her home.

During the incident in the early hours of last Friday morning, the woman, in her 60s, received a blow to the head.

The woman, who lived alone at Cappagh near Sixmilebridge in Co Clare, was left traumatised as thieves took a considerable amount of valuables along with her comprehensive DVD and CD collections.