Mixed views in Limerick on whether hurler should have been given All-Star award
Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes at the PwC GAA/GPA All Star awards ceremony at the RDS in Dublin. Photograph: Sam Barnes/SportsfileFr Timothy Wrenn of Kilcornan pastoral unit, a neighbouring parish of Hayes’s in Pallaskenry, said: “He is only human . . . a human being like all of us – we make mistakes and hopefully we can learn from those, and life goes on.”
At the time Hayes was on probation after he was convicted last December by a jury at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court of two counts of violent disorder. He was acquitted of a charge of assault causing harm to the injured party in the case, Cillian McCarthy .The decision to award him an All-Star following his convictions has sparked criticism from Mr McCarthy’s family and wider debate.
He said he did not see Hayes as a general role model for him personally “but I would aspire to be a player like him”. The priest added: “John Kiely, the manager, stood by him and you need support in that sense. He knew he was out of line, let justice move on, and let him get on with his life . . . He can still be an inspiration for young people.”
Tony Brosnan, Garrowen, said he had been following Limerick hurling since 1967 “and I have never seen a hurler being so hounded and haunted in all my life”.
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