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Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"

The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities

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15.42 8 Feb 2022


Sligo attack "this is community terrorism, domestic terrorism"


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The brutal attack of Thomas ‘Tom’ Niland (73) during an aggravated burglary in Sligo has highlighted the vicious crimes plighting rural communities. Tom's cousin Michael tells Andrea "there is a tremendous sense of fear - this is a sense of terror, people have been terrorised"

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