Dozens of bighearted well-wishers have sent prayer messages, Mass cards, and religious medals to the intensive care room of retired farmer Tom Niland.
Attack victim Tom, 73, is in a coma, battling for survival on a ventilator, in Sligo University Hospital following a crime that stunned the country.
He was watching TV at home in rural Skreen, Co Sligo, on January 18 when three masked thugs burst in around 7pm, stole a few hundred euro, and left him for dead – sparking an ongoing Garda manhunt.
