Carlow Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to an aggravated burglary in the Polerton Little area of the town.
Three men wearing balaclavas and armed with a baseball bat and a knife entered the house shortly before midnight last night.
A man living in the house was assaulted and brought to St Luke’s Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
The men took a quantity of cash and a beige coloured 04 Carlow registered Suzuki Grand Vitara.
Sergeant John Foley is appealing for anybody that may have seen anything suspicious in the area to contact Carlow Gardai on 059 9131505.