Sisters, 88 and 86, home after €100 robbery

Two elderly sisters who were terrorised and robbed for €100 last weekend were expected to return to their country cottage last night after being cared for in a nursing home for several days.

Nellie, aged 88, and May Curtain, aged 86, from Kildimo, Moyasta, about 5km from Kilrush in west Clare, have been left shocked by their ordeal, which occurred late last Saturday night while they were in bed.

Up to three masked men entered their home and demanded cash while threatening the pair. The incident occurred between 10.30pm and 11.30pm, and while the women were not physically harmed, they were verbally abused and threatened.