Attack victim Tom Niland asked "how am I ever going to go home" before he went into critical condition, his family have revealed.
The brutal aggravated burglary and attack against the pensioner, 73, at his home in Skreen, Co Sligo has shocked the country, and sparked a manhunt for the three masked thugs responsible - while the beloved farmer continues to fight for his life in hospital.
And speaking to us, Michael Walsh, a cousin of Tom Niland, whom he said he regards as a brother, revealed the last conversations he had with him in his hospital bed - before he was taken into intensive care on Friday.
