Five-time All-Ireland winning hurler Kyle Hayes has lodged an appeal against his conviction for dangerous driving in Cork.
The 26-year-old from Ballyashea, Kildimo, Co Limerick, was given a two-year driving ban and a €250 fine by Judge Colm Roberts at Mallow district court on September 10 for the offence near Mallow on July 14.
Mallow District Court heard that Hayes overtook nine cars on the dual carriageway in his 191-registered white Audi A6, which was detected travelling at 155km/h in a 100km/h zone, northbound at Lissavoura, Grenagh, close to Mallow. He was returning to Limerick from West Cork.
He was observed overtaking nine cars travelling at varying speeds between 80km/h and 95km/h.
The court heard that the section of the road alternates between dual and single carriageways in both directions.
The court heard that Hayes pulled into the left lane of the dual carriageway as it reduced to one lane, having just overtaken the nine cars. He was arrested for dangerous driving.
Following his conviction, Hayes has now lodged an appeal and the case will come back before court on December 18.
It comes as Hayes is due back before Limerick Circuit Court on Monday in connection with his conviction last March for violent disorder.
An application was made at the conclusion of the September hearing by Sergeant Majella O’Sullivan to have Hayes returned to Limerick Circuit Court, where a decision will be made on whether a two-year suspended sentence he was given in March for violent disorder will be re-activated following his conviction.
The sentence related to his conviction last December on two counts of violent disorder — after a young man was attacked inside and outside a Limerick nightclub.
That case is being re-entered for mention, under Section 99 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, at Limerick Circuit Court on Monday.
The legislation allows the Circuit Court to decide whether to activate the two-year suspended sentence he received last March for violent disorder, following his dangerous driving conviction.