‘Tom was loved. It was traumatic and something you would never expect to happen in a such a rural quiet place,’ neighbour Damien Kennedy said. Above, Tom Niland
Today at the Central Criminal Court the three men who stormed into the home of bachelor farmer Tom Niland and beat him to death will learn their fate.
The brutality of the attack on January 18, 2022 that led to the death of the “gentle giant” Sligo man remains a permanent scar in the hearts of his community.