Man jailed for five years for breaking into house party and assaulting men

A young alcoholic has been jailed for five years for breaking into a Dublin house party and assaulting two men with an iron bar on October 30, 2005.

John Joyce (aged 24) of Whitestown Park, Blanchardstown, but also with an address in Baillieboro, Co. Cavan, burst into the party with two others and beat Mr Ian Coyle in the head, arms, ribs and legs with his iron bar in an upstairs bedroom.