Gardai in Dublin are investigating an incident during which an 87-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed in her home yesterday afternoon. The woman had left the door of her house in Stephens Place, off Mount Street, open when a man entered at around 3.15 p.m. Gardai say he demanded money and then punched the woman in the face before taking a small amount of cash from her cardigan pocket.
The man is described as around 18 or 19, six-feet tall, with brown hair and wearing a blue anorak, blue jeans and white runners. The woman suffered a cut to her face.