RTE pundit says DJ Carey booing 'left a bad taste' on All-Ireland final day
Boos rang around Croke Park as Carey's name was called out when the All-Ireland-winning Cats team from 2000 were being honoured ahead of Sunday's decider between Tipperary and Cork. Carey was not in attendance.
The stadium announcer said of the nine-time All-Star winner: "Full forward DJ Carey from the Young Irelands. He scored 1-4 on the day, claiming his third All-Ireland of five in total and he would end the year with the eighth of his nine All-Star awards. DJ is not with us today."
A number of people took to social media to hit out at the GAA's decision to honour Carey, but Mullane, who was working for RTE Radio at the game, said the booing of Carey's name did not sit well with him
"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," Mullane told the Indo Sport podcast.
"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?
"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.
"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 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." John Mullane (Image: ©INPHO/James Crombie)
Carey was named man of the match in Kilkenny's 2000 final victory over Offaly, scoring 1-4 as they won by 5-15 to 1-14.
The five-time All-Ireland winner recently pleaded guilty to 10 counts of defrauding several individuals by falsely claiming he had cancer.
The 10 charges Carey confessed to involved a total of 13 victims, including Denis O'Brien, Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, Aidan Mulligan, Tony Griffin and Christy Browne, Thomas Butler, Jeffrey Howes, Noel Tynan and Edwin Carey.
Carey made his Kilkenny debut in 1988 and continued to play until 2006. He is seen as one of the greatest hurlers of all-time, boasting 10 Leinster Senior Championship medals, five All-Ireland titles, four league titles and a Player of the Year award in 2000.
He also won nine All-Star awards throughout his career, second only to Henry Shefflin who has 11.
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