A man has been arrested in Co Donegal in connection with an aggravated robbery during which a woman in her 90s was injured.
The 48-year-old is being held at Buncrana Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. He was last night arrested in Burt, some 15km from Buncrana.
The robbery occurred at a house in Ardarvan, Buncrana in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A man entered the property and threatened and assaulted the woman before leaving with an amount of cash, understood to be a four figure sum.
The woman, who lives alone, managed to draw attention to the incident by pressing a panic alarm. She was found a short time later and taken to Letterkenny General Hospital for treatment. Her injuries were not said to be serious.
