All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Pat Ryan convicted of perjury 

Ryan was jailed for two weeks by Judge Patricia Harney at Limerick District Court but immediately appealed the sentence

Pat Ryan, of Doon, Co Limerick, was convicted on Tuesday afternoon at Limerick District Court on a single count of perjury. Picture Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Three-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Pat Ryan appealed a jail sentence imposed on him on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to committing perjury during judicial proceedings in which he was accused of speeding.

Limerick District Court Judge Patricia Harney said Ryan, aged 27, from Doon, Co Limerick, had told a “brazen lie” when he previously gave evidence before the court on October 21, 2020, 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.