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Reports the Limerick Circuit Criminal Court jury verdict, the acquittal on the assault charge, the fully suspended sentence and the €5,000 damages order. Details the 2019 incident and the arrest four months later.

Adds that the Probation Service has deemed Hayes suitable for community service, that work has been identified and arrangements are in place, and that the matter was adjourned to May 19. Also states the original offence date as 19 October 2019, which differs from the 28 October 2019 date in the existing case record.

Adds that the Probation Service has deemed Hayes suitable for community service, work has been identified, and the matter was adjourned to May 19. Judge Dara Hayes refers to his behaviour on October 19, 2019.

Adds the 28 April 2025 Section 99 hearing at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court: Probation Service deemed Hayes suitable for 180 hours of community service, the matter was adjourned to 19 May, and the article gives details of the July 2024 dangerous driving, the March 2025 appeal result, and the civil damages paid.

Section 99 Re-entry hearing at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court where Hayes was deemed suitable for 180 hours of community service in lieu of activating three months of his suspended sentence; matter adjourned to 19 May for the order to be finalised.

Reports the Section 99 re-entry hearing where the judge activated three months of Hayes's suspended sentence for the 2019 Icon nightclub violent disorder conviction, suggesting 180 hours of community service. Details the original conviction, the dangerous driving breach (155kph in a 100kph zone on the N20), and the judge's reasoning.

Hayes was remanded on continuing bail to 19 March, with the suspended sentence re-entry hearing held over until his Cork appeal against the dangerous driving conviction is decided.

Adds the February 10, 2025 procedural hearing: the case was adjourned to March 19 with liberty to apply, the dangerous driving conviction is being appealed to Cork Circuit Court in mid-March, and no decision on activating the suspended sentence has been made.

Reports that the suspended sentence hearing was adjourned to 10 February 2025 because Hayes's appeal against his dangerous driving conviction is listed for 19 December in Cork, and that Judge Daly remanded him on continuing bail.

Only the headline and summary are available. It adds that a decision on whether Kyle Hayes will be jailed is expected no earlier than December 2024.

Limerick Circuit Criminal Court on 7 October 2024 adjourned the Section 99 suspended-sentence hearing to 9 December, pending an appeal of the dangerous driving conviction before Cork Circuit Criminal Court. The article also gives the dangerous driving conviction details and the €10,000 compensation ordered to Cillian McCarthy.

Reports the sentencing hearing on 20 March 2024: suspended sentences, a €10,000 compensation order, a €250 bond, and McCarthy's injuries.

Headline only; the article body is missing. It reports a two-year suspended sentence for violent disorder, published 20 March 2024.

Reports the March 2024 sentencing: 18-month and two-year sentences, both fully suspended and concurrent, plus €10,000 compensation to McCarthy. The jury had acquitted Hayes of assault causing harm.

Reports the March 2024 sentencing: 18-month and two-year sentences, both suspended and concurrent, €10,000 compensation to the victim, and the jury's acquittal on the assault charge.

Reports the 20 March 2024 sentencing: a suspended two-year sentence for violent disorder outside the Icon nightclub and a concurrent 18-month suspended sentence for violent disorder inside, a €10,000 compensation order to McCarthy, and the judge's comments on Hayes's culpability and remorse.

Hearing to receive sentence on 20 March 2024 after a December jury verdict finding Hayes guilty of two violent disorder counts and not guilty of assault causing harm to Cillian McCarthy. Gives Hayes's age as 25 and his address as Ballyashea, Kildimo. Judge may consider a custodial sentence.

Reports the jury verdicts of 1 December 2023 (guilty of two violent disorder counts, not guilty of assault causing harm) and that sentencing was listed for Friday 19 January 2024 before Judge Dermot Sheehan. The judge said the matter was not normally dealt with by a non-custodial sentence.

Reports that Hayes was convicted by a jury in December 2023, that he was acquitted of assaulting McCarthy outside the club, that sentencing was due on 19 January 2024, that the judge was seriously considering a custodial sentence, and that he was remanded on bail on his own bond of €100.

Reports the jury conviction for violent disorder and the acquittal on assault causing harm, the maximum penalty, bail terms, and that sentencing is due Friday with a custodial sentence under consideration.

Reports the jury verdicts at Limerick Circuit Court on 1 December 2023: Hayes guilty of two counts of violent disorder and not guilty of assault causing harm; Cosgrave not guilty. Sentencing date not yet set and Hayes granted bail with a curfew.

Article body is empty; only the headline is available. It indicates a court warning about a custodial sentence for Kyle Hayes, which may relate to the breach of suspended sentence proceedings in existing case 1782, but the body does not confirm this.

Reports the jury verdicts: Hayes convicted of two violent disorder counts and acquitted of assault causing harm to Cillian McCarthy; co-accused Craig Cosgrave acquitted. Hayes was granted bail pending sentencing on January 19.

Headline reports the guilty verdicts on two counts of violent disorder and the acquittal on assault. The article body is empty template code, so it adds no other details.

Reports that the jury of 12 began deliberating on 1 December 2023 after the judge's charge, following closing submissions and the conclusion of evidence.

Reports that the jury retired on 1 December 2023 at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court to consider its verdict in the trial of Kyle Hayes, who denies the charges. Craig Cosgrave is charged with violent disorder, and the judge told the jury to discharge itself on charges against Jai Chaudri.

Adds the jury verdicts of 1 December 2023: Hayes convicted of two counts of violent disorder and acquitted of assault, and Craig Cosgrave acquitted of one count of violent disorder. Judge Dermot Sheehan granted Hayes bail and set a sentencing hearing for 19 January 2024.

Reports the jury conviction of Kyle Hayes on two counts of violent disorder, the acquittal on the assault charge, the judge's warning of a custodial sentence, bail terms and the sentencing date.

Closing addresses to the jury in the trial of Kyle Hayes and Craig Cosgrave; the judge has begun his charge and will resume on Friday morning.

Covers the closing submissions and the judge's charge to the jury before the verdict, which case 1782 later reports as delivered on 1 December 2023. Gives Hayes's age as 25, where case 1782 says 26.

Reports the closing speeches of the prosecution and defence at the jury trial of Kyle Hayes, before any verdict. It adds the counts he faces, the role of co-accused Craig Cosgrave and the discharge of the jury on charges against Jai Chaudri.

Only the headline is available. It reports that Kyle Hayes denied carrying out a nightclub attack after arrest, as heard in court. No date, location or charge is given in the article text.

Trial report: Hayes's Garda interview evidence, the Garda evidence of the arrest and the prosecution resting its case. Co-accused Craig Cosgrave has denied a count of violent disorder.

Reports the trial evidence and the prosecution rest on 29 November 2023, with closing submissions due the next day before the jury retires. Adds Hayes's interview account, Garda evidence of seeing him kick a man on the ground, and McCarthy's account of events in Smyths Bar and on the dancefloor. Cosgrave is recorded as denying a single count of violent disorder.

Trial report on the jury hearing. It adds that the prosecution has concluded, that garda interview content was read to the jury (Hayes denied involvement), that Hayes is given as 25 here, and that closing speeches were expected the next day.

Trial report from Limerick Circuit Criminal Court on 29 November 2023. The prosecution had rested and closing submissions were due the next morning, so no verdict is reported. Craig Cosgrave also denies a single count of violent disorder.

Gardaí gave evidence at Limerick Circuit Court on 28 November 2023 that they saw Kyle Hayes kicking Cillian McCarthy on the ground outside the Icon nightclub. Hayes denies all charges, and the article gives the defence account that Cian Hayes was the one attacked.

Reports the garda evidence given at the trial, including the identification of Hayes and the description of the kicks. Adds that Hayes and Cosgrave pleaded not guilty and that the trial continues, with no verdict yet.

Court hearing at Limerick Circuit Court in which two gardaí gave evidence, with cross-examination. Both accused deny the charges.

Reports the Limerick Circuit Court trial of Kyle Hayes (25) and Craig Cosgrave (24) in progress, with witness and garda evidence; both men deny the charges. Adds Hayes's age and address and the trial judge and jury details.

Reports day four of the jury trial of Hayes and Cosgrave, both pleading not guilty. Chaudri is no longer before the jury after legal argument. Adds witness testimony about the alleged assault on Cillian McCarthy.

Reports on the trial in progress: witness evidence from Christopher Heelan, a judge's direction to the jury about Jai Chaudri, and Hayes's denial of all three charges. Adds that Craig Cosgrave is charged with one count of violent disorder, which he denies.

Reports witness evidence at the trial of Kyle Hayes and details of the charges against Hayes, Craig Cosgrave and Jai Chaudri. Says the trial continues on Tuesday.

Trial report: witness testimony and CCTV evidence heard at Hayes's trial, with Hayes denying all three charges. The judge told the jury it need not consider Jai Chaudri further. Cosgrave's charge is also reported. The trial continues the following Tuesday.

Reports the complainant's evidence in the continuing trial of three men, including Kyle Hayes, the charges they deny, and McCarthy's account of the injuries and the alleged assaults inside and outside the club.

Reports the trial evidence on 23 November 2023: the alleged victim's account, the three accused pleading not guilty, the defence case that he was the aggressor, CCTV played in court, and the continuing trial. No verdict or sentence is reported.

Reports the trial evidence given by the alleged victim, Cillian McCarthy, including his account of the dancefloor and outside brawls, CCTV shown to the jury, cross-examination, and the charges each accused denies.

Headline only: the victim was also set upon inside a nightclub, which fits the Icon nightclub incident in case 1782 (where it is unclear whether the assault was inside or outside). The body gives no date, location, names or other details.

Reports the trial of Kyle Hayes and two co-accused at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, including the charges, the co-accused's charges, CCTV evidence, and the defence's challenge to the prosecution account.

Trial report from 22 November 2023 in which a Detective Garda was cross-examined about CCTV from the Icon nightclub and the alleged street attack. It names Craig Cosgrave and Jai Chaudri as co-accused, records that all three pleaded not guilty, and says the trial continues.

Reports the trial at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court, including prosecution opening, CCTV evidence and cross-examination of a detective garda. The trial continues before Judge Dermot Sheehan.

Reports the opening of the jury trial of Kyle Hayes, Craig Cosgrave and Jai Chaudri, including the prosecution's opening address, the alleged cause of the attack, the injuries, and the not guilty pleas. Trial expected to run into the following week.

Reports the start of the Circuit Criminal Court trial, with the prosecution's opening account, CCTV evidence, Garda evidence in cross-examination, and all three accused entering not guilty pleas. Adds the charges against each accused, the prosecution's account of the motive and the attack, and the trial's continuation.

Reports the start of the trial: jury sworn in on 20 November 2023, all three accused plead not guilty, and the trial is expected to last at least a week.

Covers the swearing-in of the jury and arraignment of the three accused at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court; the trial was due to start the following Tuesday. The article gives no details of the events themselves beyond the charges.

Reports the jury being sworn in for the trial of three men, that all three pleaded not guilty, the jury makeup, the trial judge and expected length, and the charges against each man.

Reports that a jury was sworn in for the trial, the three accused were arraigned and pleaded not guilty, and the trial was expected to last at least a week. Adds the charge details for each accused.