Gardaí in Wexford are investigating a violent raid on a home yesterday.
Four masked men, who are believed to have been armed, carried out the raid in Shelmalier Commons between Wexford town and Wellingtonbridge at about 8am. The house is occupied by a retired couple and their son, who was badly beaten and rushed to Wexford General Hospital. The men took the couple’s car which was later found abandoned. Gardaí are investigating whether there is a link between the raid and another on a van outside Mary Jo’s pub in Barntown a short time later. Several men broke into it, stealing cigarettes and a sum of cash.