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Custody remand for city man who threatened dog owner and pub owner with a gun
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway city man who suffers from depression pulled out a firearm and threatened to shoot a dog owner after their dogs became entangled in Dublin last year
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court also heard in a separate incident three days later 52 year old Henry Bryan of Sea Road threatened to shoot the manager of a pub in Dublin and burn his house down
Henry Bryan was out walking his dog “Snowy” when a dog named “Storm” ran out of a nearby house
Garda Michael Ryan told the court Snowy pounced on Storm and Bryan became aggressive and began cursing at Storm’s owner.
He said her dog should be on a leash and said: “I’ll burn your house down. I’ll kneecap you.”
When her partner came out of their house to see what was wrong Bryan pulled out an imitation gun and pointed it at the man. He repeatedly told him: “I’ll blow your head off”.
Three days later Bryan also threatened to shoot a bar manager and burn down his house because he was annoyed that he was barred from the premises.
Bryan of Sea Road, Galway City pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to criminal damage and making a threat to kill at the Horse and Hound pub, Harmonstown Road, Dublin on October 16, 2012.
Luigi Rea, BL, defending handed in a psychiatric report which diagnosed father of five Henry Bryan as having a major depressive disorder.
He said his client’s ten year relationship with a woman had just ended at the time of these offences and he was under strain.
Bryan moved to Galway ten years ago and had returned to his native Harmonstown around the time of these incidents.
He has since returned to live in Galway where he’s involved in the production of small films and plays.
Judge Nolan noted that references handed into court showed that there are people who “think the world of” Bryan.
He adjourned sentencing for two weeks, remanded Bryan in custody and told him to reflect on his behaviour.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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