A WELL-KNOWN GAA star has been arrested for dangerous driving as he travelled at high speed trying to get to an event. 

The incident happened in a small town in the south of the country on Sunday when the player was stopped while he was travelling over the speed limit.

Sources have said the driver was going in excess of 160 kilometres per hour in a 100km per hour zone. 

Dangerous driving is one of three separate serious road traffic offences and involves an assessment by the garda giving consideration to the conditions of the road, weather, volume of traffic and the condition of the vehicle being driven.

Gardaí had arrested the man and he was later charged and bailed to appear before a court in the coming weeks. 

A garda statement said: “Gardaí in Mallow arrested a man for an alleged road traffic offence on Sunday, 14 July 2024.

“The man (20s) has since been charged in relation to the incident and is due to appear at Mallow District Court at a later date.

“As this matter is now before the courts there is no further information available. Investigations are ongoing.”