‘Left a bad taste' – RTE pundit unhappy with DJ Carey's name being jeered at All-Ireland hurling final
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DJ Carey was not present at Croke Park on Sunday
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John Mullane often serves as co-commentator for RTE Radio One
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Eddie Brennan was among the former Cats stars who were honoured before the game
Carey, Man of the Match in that year's decider, did not turn up. When his name was read out by the PA operator
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One of his teammates who was present at GAA HQ on Sunday was Eddie Brennan.
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Host Joe Molloy initially jokingly asked Brennan if he was booed when his name was read due to Tipp and Cork being such fierce rivals of Kilkenny's down through the years.
Brennan, who is in no way associated with Carey's legal woes, was about to respond when the Waterford legend chimed in.
Mullane stated: "I was up there (in Croke Park) and the thing with DJ...he made a mistake and he's after admitting he made a mistake.
"It's going through the procedures of the court now. And Jesus, here's me as someone who's made plenty of mistakes in life. And who hasn't made a mistake in life?
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"But I'll be straight with you, it left a bad taste in my mouth. It's probably hard enough on the family and probably hard enough on DJ Carey that he wasn't able to turn up there yesterday.
"But y'know the GAA...we're not about booing people on All-Ireland final day. I don't know, I can't speak for others.
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"There is probably a certain percentage that would see that it was okay to boo but it didn't sit well with me.
"From a neutral's point of view it didn't sit well with that people would start booing a person on All-Ireland final day - and a person that wasn't even there on All-Ireland final day."
Brennan wasn't able to shed much light on Carey's decision not to attend the Jones' Road occasion.
Struggling for the words since it is such a thorny topic, he simply called it "an unfortunate situation" before the conversation was moved along.
On July 2 Carey pleaded guilty to ten deception charges over the sick scams.
The 54-year-old had been due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal
He admitted to dishonestly, and by deception, inducing victims to make monetary payment to him after he fraudulently claimed to have cancer and needed finances to obtain treatment.
The charges are under Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act. Carey carried out the cancer cash scam over an eight-year period, between 2014 to 2022.
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His other 12 named victims include Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, Aidan Mulligan, Tony Griffin and Christy Browne, Thomas Butler, Jeffrey Howes, Noel Tynan, Edwin Carey and Aonghus Leydon.
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