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Limerick’s Kyle Hayes during a Allianz Hurling League game against Dublin. Picture: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

A unique exchange on X last week gave some insight into how Limerick reacted to the news of Kyle Hayes’ two-year suspended sentence for violent disorder.

One Ger Downes posted that as a self-proclaimed lifelong Limerick diehard he felt “Kyle should have gotten a term in jail and not be eligible to play for us this year". Responding to it, another Ger Downes, GAA games development administrator and former Limerick U20 selector, felt he had to clarify: “There is more than one Ger Downes in Limerick, and I do not share any of these views!