Catriona Carey fails to turn up in court for driving ban appeal hearing

Catriona Carey is appealing a three-month suspended sentence which was handed down at Kilkenny District Court last May after she pleaded guilty to road traffic offences, including driving without insurance and without a valid licence. File picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins

Former hockey international Catriona Carey did not appear in court on Thursday in Kilkenny for an appeal hearing in relation to road traffic offences.

The appeal has now been adjourned to the October sittings of the Kilkenny District Court appeals at Kilkenny Circuit Court after the court heard there had been "a severe breakdown in communications" in relation to Ms Carey's solicitor, who also did not appear in court.