A year on, Sligo pensioner Tom Niland still in ICU and neighbours are still locking their doors 

Tom Niland: The 74-year-old farmer remains in ICU unable to walk, or eat, since a violent incident in his Sligo home last January.

Anna Calpin still can’t get over her neighbour Tom Niland’s reaction to the bad news on St Stephen’s Day.

She was visiting the 74-year-old farmer in the ICU of Sligo University Hospital and mentioned one of her family dogs, Allie, had to be put down. Living just across the road from the Calpins on the main Sligo to Ballina road at Skreen, Tom had often looked after their two dogs when they were away.