Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Born

1994, from the ages reported

Offences

Threatening to kill or cause serious harm, Assault (bite assault causing harm); public order offence

Where

Co. Clare

Reporting

4 reports, 7 Mar 2023 to 7 Feb 2025

Outlets

clareecho.ie, irishmirror.ie

Photographs

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• Ennis man pleads guilty to threatening hitch-hiker on N85 Threatening to kill or cause serious harm · Co. Clare

  Brian Joyce, a 30-year-old man from Ennis, allegedly pulled out a Powerade bottle full of petrol and threatened to set hitch-hiker John Hourihan alight if he did not pay money for a lift, and said he would kill Hourihan if his partner was not in the car, on the N85 between Ennis and Ennistymon on August 13, 2024. Joyce was remanded in custody after bail was refused at Ennis District Court in August 2024. He pleaded guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm at Ennis Circuit Court on February 7, 2025. The judge ordered a psychological report and adjourned the case to March 25 for mention ahead of sentencing.

  Convicted, 7 Feb 2025Convicted, accused · 2 reports
• Brian Joyce jailed for bite assault on farmer in Kilmaley pub Assault (bite assault causing harm); public order offence · Co. Clare

  Brian Joyce, a 29-year-old County Clare man, bit into the cheek of farmer John Killeen at the Kilmaley Inn on 27 May 2022, after other pub-goers manhandled him out of the pub. Joyce pleaded guilty at Ennis Circuit Court to the bite assault and to a public order offence dated 26 June 2022. Killeen did not make a statement to Gardaí and received an Adult Caution for his role in the incident. On 7 March 2023, Judge Francis Comerford jailed Joyce for 14 months for the bite assault, with a consecutive two-month term for the public order offence, backdated to 18 July 2022.

  Sentenced, 7 Mar 2023Convicted · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 7 Feb2025
   Convictedclareecho.ie, in Ennis man pleads guilty to threatening hitch-hiker on N85

   Ennis man pleads guilty to threatening 'light up' hitch hiker - Clare Echo

   convicted, Brian Joyce, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brian Joyce♂30IE
2. 28 Aug2024
   In courtclareecho.ie, in Ennis man pleads guilty to threatening hitch-hiker on N85

   Lahinch hitchhiker told he would be set alight if he did not pay for lift court hear - Clare Echo

   accused, Brian Joyce, 30, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brian Joyce♂30IE
3. 8 Mar2023
   Sentencedclareecho.ie, in Brian Joyce jailed for bite assault on farmer in Kilmaley pub

   Notorious 'flasher' jailed for 'bite' assault on farmer at Kilmaley pub - Clare Echo

   convicted, Brian Joyce, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brian Joyce♂29IE
4. 7 Mar2023
   Sentencedirishmirror.ie, in Brian Joyce jailed for bite assault on farmer in Kilmaley pub

   Notorious 'flasher' jailed for horrific 'bite' assault on farmer at Irish pub

   convicted, Brian Joyce, 29, male, named, irish (judged from name)Brian Joyce♂29IE

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