The ‘treasured’ Sligo man died 20 months after he was set upon by a gang in January, 2022One cousin said she remembers Mr Niland in hospital ‘struggling to breathe in pain with tears rolling down his face’The family said they ‘can only hope that some justice will be served for Tom’
Tom Niland
The family of a retired farmer who died 20 months after being violently attacked by a gang in his Sligo home didn’t recognise him in hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
A cousin of Tom Niland (75) has also told the Central Criminal Court that the three offenders, who have over 100 previous convictions between them, robbed a fit and healthy man of his independence, his freedom and ultimately his life.