Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes, 26, from Ballyahsea, Kildimo, Co Limerick, confronted court docket fees for driving.
The incident occurred on July 14th when Hayes was recorded driving at 150 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the N20 Cork to Limerick close to Mallow. He was arrested and brought to Mallow Garda Station, the place he was charged beneath Part 53 of the Street Site visitors Act 1961 and subsequently launched on station bail.
Hayes is at present serving a two-year suspended sentence after being convicted final December of two counts of violent dysfunction. This conviction stems from incidents inside and outdoors a Limerick nightclub in 2019, the place Hayes was ordered to pay €10,000 in compensation to a person who sustained severe facial accidents. Choose Dermot Sheehan described Hayes’s actions as “harmful and vital,” imposing a two-year jail sentence for violent dysfunction outdoors Icon Nightclub and an 18-month sentence for violent dysfunction inside, each suspended for 2 years, offered Hayes maintains peace.
Within the latest harmful driving case, Garda Sergeant Linda O’Leary said that instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions are nonetheless awaited. Hayes’s barrister, Liam Carroll, representing solicitor Sarah Ryan, indicated a willingness for Hayes to plead to a lesser cost of careless driving.
Choose Colm Roberts emphasised the necessity to hear all details earlier than contemplating a decreased cost, stating, “The tolerance for harmful driving is now a lot lower than it was.” Hayes has been remanded on persevering with bail and is ready to look in court docket once more on September tenth to await additional instructions.’,
