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Extra.ie
06-07-2025
- Extra.ie
Money laundering trial date is set for Catriona Carey
Former Irish international hockey player Catriona Carey is due to go on trial for money laundering early next year. The talented sportswoman, who also played camogie for her native Kilkenny, has been charged with three offences. It is also alleged that, in each of these cases, she engaged in converting/ transferring/handling/ acquiring/possessing/ using the proceeds of criminal conduct. Catriona Carey. Pic: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin All of these charges relate to money in a bank account held in the name of Careysfort Asset Estates Limited at Wise Europe SA. Carey will go on trial with two co-accused, and the case is expected to last between four to six weeks. Her co-accused are John Steadmond, 48, of Rossminogue, Craanford, Gorey, Co. Wexford, and Paddy Maher, 57, of Glenmalure Gun Club, Glenmalure, Wicklow. Catriona Carey. Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan They are each charged with 17 offences, including unlawfully acting as solicitors and inducing people to pay deposits by falsely claiming that a company called Careysfort Asset Estate Limited was in a position to secure finance for those having difficulties repaying their mortgages. They have also been charged with making gains for themselves or another, or causing loss to another. The trial date comes as her brother, former Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey, pleaded guilty to defrauding people out of money by falsely claiming he needed to fund cancer treatment.
Irish Times
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
DJ Carey: Superstar hurler, spectacular downfall
Denis Joseph (DJ) Carey is a GAA sporting legend who won numerous All-Ireland, Leinster and National Hurling League medals when he played for his native Kilkenny 's senior hurling team between 1989 and 2005. The 54-year-old has won nine All-Star Awards, was named Texaco Hurler of the Year on two occasions, and was All-Star Hurler of the Year once during a career that was marked by unprecedented levels of public interest. His fame as a GAA player coincided with a growth in media coverage of Gaelic games and greater commercial opportunities for top players. Sometimes referred to as the game's first superstar, Carey came from a family steeped in sport, with his granduncle, Paddy Phelan, having won four All-Ireland medals with Kilkenny, his aunt, Peggy Carey, four All-Ireland medals with the Kilkenny camogie team, and his brother, Martin, having been a substitute goalkeeper with the Kilkenny team. READ MORE His sister, Catriona Carey, played hockey for Ireland and was a member of the Kilkenny camogie team. Carey's career with the senior county team began before he left school and he has spent all his adult life in the glare of the media, with his skills on the hurling pitch making him a regular feature on not just sports pages but also generating news, features and gossip column coverage. His ambitions were not confined to the sporting arena and in 1994, when still in his early 20s, he set up a company called DJ Carey Enterprises Ltd, which was involved in supplying hygiene products to the hospitality sector. He subsequently set up other businesses, all of which eventually failed. His high profile attracted sponsorship offers, and he was a founder member of the Gaelic Players Association , which sought, among other matters, to expand the monetary attractions for leading players of being involved in the amateur sport. The directors of DJ Carey Enterprises included Carey's wife, Christine, with whom he had two children. Carey's sister Catriona became a director of DJ Carey Enterprises, replacing Christine in 2001. In 2003 it emerged that Carey's relationship with his wife had broken down, and that they were separated. It was unusual that the marital difficulties of a GAA player would make national news, but there was huge media coverage of the couple's break-up. The following year, 2004, Carey gave an interview to the RTÉ Guide where he spoke about his relationship with his new partner, Sarah Newman, with whom he was to front an episode of the RTÉ travel show, No Frontiers. British-born Newman was an entrepreneur and media personality who was later reported to have made €30 million when she sold her start-up, in 2006. In 2009, she replaced Catriona Carey as a director of DJ Carey Enterprises Ltd. The couple had a home in Monkstown, Dublin, and houses in the K Club and Mount Juliet in Co Kildare. When the property crash came, they got into financial difficulties, with property debts and guarantees with AIB leading to their being brought to the Commercial Court in relation to a debt of more than €9 million. In 2016 Newman, who was being pursued through the Dublin courts by AIB, was declared bankrupt in England. In 2017, representatives of the then majority State-owned bank were brought before a Dáil committee after it emerged it had written off almost all of the debt it was owed by Carey after it had sold off the associated mortgaged properties. In 2023, when he appeared before Blanchardstown District Court to be charged with deception and forgery arising from an alleged scam involving bogus claims that he needed money to fund treatment for cancer, the judge in the case observed that the sporting legend appeared to have 'no income whatsoever'. Carey was granted legal aid to help him deal with the 21 fraud offences he was facing. Those defrauded included billionaire businessman Denis O'Brien and former Clare hurler Tony Griffin. O'Brien, according to the charges, was dishonestly induced into giving money to Carey on unknown dates between 2014 and 2022 and Griffin in 2022. Others also defrauded involved payments made between the years 2019 and 2022. At a brief appearance in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday, Carey pleaded guilty to 10 of the charges, with most of the others set to be taken into account when his sentencing hearing takes place in October. He was allowed continuing bail, and his sentencing hearing is scheduled to consider reports about his mental health problems and what the court was told were 'genuine' medical issues. He underwent heart surgery last year and is receiving ongoing care.
Irish Times
30-06-2025
- Irish Times
Date set for Catriona Carey money-laundering trial in 2027
A date has been set by the Dublin Circuit Criminal for the trial of former international hockey player Catriona Carey on money-laundering charges. Judge Orla Crowe told barrister Kevin Roche, for Ms Carey, that she would list the trial for January 27th, 2027, after being told it was expected to take four to six weeks. Ms Carey (46), of Rochford Manor, Graiguecullen, Co Carlow, who was present in court, is charged with three offences contrary to Section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. The alleged offences occurred in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and, in each case, it is alleged she engaged in handling, acquiring or otherwise dealing with the proceeds of criminal conduct. READ MORE All three counts relate to funds in a bank account in the name, Careysfort Asset Estates Ltd at Wise Europe SA. The cases of Ms Carey's two co-accused, John Steadmond (48), of Rossminogue, Craanford, Gorey, Co Wexford, and Paddy Maher (57), of Glenmalure Gun Club, Glenmalure, Co Wicklow, were put back to July 29th next as further disclosure is awaited. The two men are charged with 17 related charges, including that they unlawfully acted as solicitors when not qualified to do so. A separate case involving Ms Carey, her brother Jack Carey, and Mr Maher, was put back to July 29th for arraignment. In this case the accused are facing charges of breaking company law following a Corporate Enforcement Authority investigation. Ms Carey, a former financial adviser, is facing charges of failing to provide information to the Companies Registration Office (CRO), to keep records or notify of a change of address, or to file financial returns. The alleged offences under the Companies Act are from 2019 to 2022. Mr Carey (53), a hurley maker who resides in Graiguecullen, Co Carlow, is accused of being party to providing false information and failing to provide company returns to the CRO or giving notice of a change of address of a company. Mr Maher is accused of related offences.
Irish Examiner
25-04-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Former hockey international Catriona Carey sent for trial accused of breaking company laws
Businesswoman Catriona Carey and her brother, hurley maker Jack Carey, have been sent forward for trial accused of breaking company laws. The former Ireland international hockey player along with Mr Carey and a third co-accused, Paddy Maher, face prosecution following a Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) investigation. In February, Ms Carey, aged 46, was charged with offences under the Companies Act from 2019 to 2022. The former financial advisor was accused of failing to provide information to the Companies Registration Office (CRO), to keep records or notify of a change of address, or to file financial returns. Ms Carey, from Kilkenny but with an address at Rochford Manor, Graigecullen, Co Carlow, met gardaí by arrangement in Dublin on February 4 to be charged. At a later stage, charges were brought against the co-defendants. Jack Carey, aged 53, also from Kilkenny and who resides in Graiguecullen, Co Carlow, is accused of being party to providing false information and failing to provide company returns to the CRO or giving notice of a change of address of a company. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) authorised that they would face a trial on indictment. Books of evidence were served on them when they appeared before Judge Shalom Binchy at Dublin District Court on Friday. Out of the 51 charges in the books of evidence, 31 pertained to Ms Carey, eight to her brother Jack, and 12 to Mr Maher, aged 57, from the Glenmalure Gun Club in County Wicklow, who is accused of related offenses. Judge Binchy told them they were being returned for trial to the next sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where the case will be listed for mention on May 23. They were warned to notify prosecutors if they intended to rely on alibis in their defence. The trio spoke only to confirm the signatures on their bail bonds and have yet to indicate pleas. Connected charges are to be added to the indictment later. Legal aid was granted. A fourth man is due back in court at a later date and accused of connected offences. Previously, Ms Carey was sent forward for trial on other money laundering charges, along with Mr Maher and another man, who were accused of deception and acting unlawfully as solicitors while not qualified, from July 2019 to February 2022. Read More Former hockey international Catriona Carey to face trial over failure to file financial returns
