Gardai in Wicklow are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary in Donard last night.

At around seven o'clock a man in his fifties was assaulted as he entered his home at Studfiels South.

He was put in a room and the house ransacked.

He managed to raise the alarm and was taken to Naas Hospital where he is said to be in a stable condition.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to contact Baltinglass Garda Station.