Three men are still being questioned by Gardai in connection with a burglary and assault on an elderly man in Co. Sligo.
73 year old Thomas Niland is still in a critical condition on life-support in hospital after the attack in Skreen on the 18th of January.
Gardaí yesterday detained three men in the north-west region on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
The men, in their 50s, 30s and 20s, are being questioned at separate Garda stations in the Sligo and Leitrim Division.