Pat Ryan

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

The whole criminal justice system is based on truth given to the courts - you’re client is facing very very serious trouble,” the judge told Mr Barry. Imposing a two-week jail sentence on Mr Ryan, the Judge said the “brazen nature” of his evidence in 2020 “cuts to the heart of the criminal justice system”. “He (Mr Ryan) got caught; he expected not to get caught, and now he is in serious trouble, he is facing a jail sentence,” the judge said. Mr Barry appealed again for leniency, to which the judge retorted: “Talk to me about truth, about veracity...this goes to the core of the entire administration of justice.” “He (Mr Ryan) told a brazen lie in the face of this court. Judge Harney told Mr Ryan’s defence solicitor Con Barry: “This is pretty serious stuff, he’s (Mr Ryan) not getting away with it.” Mr Barry said Mr Ryan had “put his hands up” and had “fully cooperated” with the GNBCI - Judge Harney replied “it’s the least he (Mr Ryan) could do”. Judge Harney heard that some time after Mr Ryan told the 2020 hearing that he had not received notification of the alleged speeding offence, Gardai later discovered Mr Ryan had sent an image of the speeding notice from his mobile phone to a “third party”.