Garda tells Limerick assault trial CCTV shows All-Ireland winning hurler Kyle Hayes 'instigated' nightclub fight

Two gardaí allegedly witnessed Kyle Hayes and others attacking the alleged victim outside the ICON nightclub

The court was told that Kyle Hayes (pictured) “fled’ from the scene of the alleged “attack”, outside the ICON nightclub. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Five-time All-Ireland winning Limerick hurler Kyle Hayes, “kicked and punched” a man who was lying defenceless on a street, after becoming “upset” that the man had spoken to two females in a nightclub he was socialising in, a court heard on Tuesday.

Mr Hayes “fled’ from the scene of the alleged “attack”, outside the ICON nightclub on Upper Denmark Street, Limerick City, and was arrested by gardaí a short time later, it was heard.