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| Pensioner tied up in GAA robbery | Pensioner tied up in GAA robbery |
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| A 77-year-old man has been assaulted during an armed robbery at a GAA club near Craigavon in County Armagh. | |
| Three masked men, one armed with a sawn-off shotgun, entered Eire Og GAA club on the Tullygally East Road at about 1030 BST on Monday. | |
| They tied Mickey Catney, who works there as a voluntary caretaker, to a radiator and hit him on the head with the gun before stealing up to £10,000. | |
| The thieves then made their getaway in Mr Catney's car. | |
| Club chairman John Brennan said he had been left very badly shaken by the ordeal. | |
| "He has been about the club for many years and is very respected in the local community," he said. | |
| "They (the attackers) just came in and asked where the money was. | "They (the attackers) just came in and asked where the money was. |
| "I always said if the place was robbed to just give them the money and not to put your life in danger, so he give them the money but he was manhandled and they also tied him up." | "I always said if the place was robbed to just give them the money and not to put your life in danger, so he give them the money but he was manhandled and they also tied him up." |
| The car was later found abandoned in the Aldervale flats area of Craigavon. Police have appealed for information. | The car was later found abandoned in the Aldervale flats area of Craigavon. Police have appealed for information. |