ALL-IRELAND HURLING ACE RYAN JAILED FOR COURT PERJURY

GAA star told a 'brazen lie' about fixed penalty notice

- DAVID RALEIGH

THREE-TIME All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Pat Ryan was yesterday given a two-week jail sentence.

The 27-year-old pleaded guilty to committing perjury during a court case in which he was accused of speeding.

Limerick District Court Judge Patricia Harney said Ryan had told a "brazen lie" when he previously gave evidence before the court on October 21, 2020.

He had claimed that he had not received a fixed charge penalty notice after a garda had allegedly detected him exceeding the national roads speed limit in 2018.

However, Judge Harney heard that some time after the 2020 hearing Ryan had sent an image of the notice from his mobile phone to a "third party".

Judge Harney told Ryan: "This is serious stuff. You're not getting away with it."