Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes convicted of dangerous driving after overtaking nine cars at 155km/h
A judge convicted Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes of dangerous driving and then criticised the media for covering the case.
Judge Colm Roberts banned Hayes (26) from driving for two years and fined him €250 after finding him guilty of one count of dangerous driving on the N20 Cork-Limerick road, on July 14th, 2024.
Judge Roberts said Hayes, who had no previous convictions for dangerous driving and had held a previously clean driving licence, drove at 155km/h in a 100km/h speed limit zone while overtaking nine cars, on stretch of roadway at Lissavoura, Grenagh, near Mallow, Co Cork.
Sentencing Hayes at Mallow District Court on Tuesday, Judge Roberts told the five-time All-Ireland winning hurler: “Speed kills, and this was excessive and dangerous speed.”
Judge Roberts said the case merited conviction for dangerous driving, and not for a lesser offence of careless driving which Hayes had offered to plead guilty to.
Judge Roberts said that, in convicting Hayes of the more…
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