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LIMERICK HURLER and All Ireland winner Kyle Hayes has been convicted of dangerous driving at Mallow District Court – and will also face a potential activation of a suspended sentence for violent disorder.The Limerick man’s barrister told the court Mr Hayes will be appealing.
Sentencing Hayes at Mallow District Court today, Judge Roberts told the five-time All-Ireland winning hurler: “Speed kills, and this was excessive and dangerous speed.” Hayes’ barrister, Liam Carroll BL, told the judge that Hayes conceded he was speeding at 155km/h in a 100km/h speed zone.However, in response to this, Judge Roberts told the barrister: “This was beyond that. I can’t accept in any way his actions were not dangerous, and I’m satisfied to convict him of dangerous driving.”
The court heard that driving conditions, the condition of the road and the roadworthiness of Hayes’s car were all good on the day. Hayes agreed with Judge Roberts that the Limerick hurler was driving a “powerful car” and that cars in general are “killing machines”. The judge said it was “funny they turn up for this type of case” when he said other more serious cases were before him recently “and not one member of the media was in court for it”.
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