'He had the knife up to our throats': Woman, 83, speaks out after burglary at Cork home

Gerry O'Halloran and his sister Mary were threatened by a male intruder at a house in Gurranabraher on the northside of Cork city

Mary O'Halloran was visiting her younger brother Gerry at his home on Boyce's Street in Gurranabraher. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

An 84-year-old Cork woman has told how a masked man put a knife to her throat as he held her brother and herself hostage and demanded they hand over money.

Mary O’Halloran called to home of her brother Gerry (79) on Boyce’s Street in Gurranabraher, Cork city, on Sunday morning, not knowing that Gerry was being held at knifepoint by an intruder.