Kyle Hayes's brothers jailed for viciously beating friend with a hurley and a wrench

Their friend and former Limerick minor football star Ciaran Ryan said: 'I fear for my safety on a daily basis ... sometimes I don’t even want to wake up.'

Daragh Hayes was jailed for three years with the final six months suspended. File picture: Brendan Gleeson

Two brothers of Limerick hurling star Kyle Hayes were jailed on Thursday for savagely beating a friend with a hurley and a wrench.

Daragh Hayes, aged 37, and Cian Hayes, aged 33, of Ballyashea, Kildimo, Co Limerick, lured their friend and former Limerick minor football star Ciaran Ryan to Daragh Hayes’s house and set upon him with a hurley and a foot-long steel wrench.