Young man questioned after terrifying aggravated burglary

Gardaí were questioning a young man yesterday in connection with an aggravated burglary in which a mother and her toddler son were left traumatised.

The arrest followed a terrifying raid on a family home near Tara, Co Meath, shortly after 11pm on Wednesday.

Four armed and masked men forced their way into the house, armed with what is believed to be a small handgun, a knife and an axe. They threatened the woman living there, who was with her three-year-old son. Gardaí said neither were injured.