Man, 68, abandoned home at 1am to cycle to nursing home after robberies

A 68-year-old man abandoned his home and cycled 30 miles through the night to check himself into a nursing home after being terrorised twice by robbers at his remote home in west Clare.

Michael McMahon, a bachelor, set off from his home in Cree, at 1am with his life’s belongings in a few bags on his push bike and cycled for eight hours to St Joseph’s nursing home in Ennis, where he checked himself in at 9am.

Mr McMahon remains in nursing home care today after fleeing his home following two nights of being put in “absolute fear” by robbers almost two years ago with the robbers making threats on the second occasion that they were going to return to rob him for a third time — this time for €50,000.