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Sunday World
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- Sunday World
Disgraced hurler DJ Carey absent from honours as name rings out over Croke Park
Carey was man-of-the-match in his side's All-Ireland final win over Offaly in 2000 A short citation was read out about him yesterday while his Kilkenny Jubilee team-mates were celebrated in front of a large crowd at GAA HQ. Above, Carey at the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin The Kilkenny Jubilee Team were honoured before throw-in on All-Ireland SHC final day, but star player DJ Carey was conspicuous by his absence with some boos ringing out from Hill 16 when his name was called out over the tannoy. Carey was man-of-the-match in his side's All-Ireland final win over Offaly in 2000 having given yet another scintillating scoring display, but he has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks and months. Carey pleaded guilty on July 3 to ten counts of defrauding a number of people out of money while pretending that he had cancer and needed finances to obtain treatment. There was some debate whether the five-time All-Ireland SHC winner would be in attendance at Croke Park today. The GAA had been silent on the matter despite queries from the Irish Independent during the past week. One businessman who was defrauded out of thousands of euro warned it would be '100pc wrong' to honour the disgraced hurler in Croke Park. Noel Tynan, owned of The Celt bar in Dublin, said: 'He's a criminal… full stop and just because he won five All Irelands and nine All Stars, it doesn't change things. "The bottom line is he purposely set out to defraud people.' Mr Tynan added: 'He came across as such a humble fella but he was setting me up. It was a form of grooming. "The All Star, The All Ireland winner and then to use that and say you had cancer, it's just unforgiveable and there's no excuse for him.' Carey was man-of-the-match in his side's All-Ireland final win over Offaly in 2000 Carey was remanded on bail following his court appearance earlier this month. He is due to be sentenced on October 29. Ultimately 54-year-old Carey was not present at Croke Park today, although there was a short citation read out about him while his team-mates were celebrated in front of a large crowd at GAA HQ. There was some jeering when his name was read out by master of ceremonies, TG4 commentator Mac Dara Mac Donncha. Carey was not the only one absent with All-Ireland-winning manager Brian Cody also missing out due to a pre-planned holiday. Goalkeeper James McGarry, Cody's right-hand man as coach for several of his All-Ireland successes following retirement, was also absent. However captain Willie O'Connor and Irish Independent columnist Eddie Brennan were among the star-studded squad on show. A short citation was read out about him yesterday while his Kilkenny Jubilee team-mates were celebrated in front of a large crowd at GAA HQ. Above, Carey at the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 20th
Sunday World
14-07-2025
- Sunday World
Former priest and serial child sex beast Oliver O'Grady is let out on bail
Oliver O'Grady faces extradition to a prison in Portugal O'Grady (80), who tried to dodge a photographer by hiding behind a lamppost outside the Courts of Criminal Justice, had arrived at court with his bags packed. He is due to serve a one-year sentence in Portugal for having 9,000 images and 29 videos of child sexual abuse. Ironically, he was extradited from Portugal to face the same type of charge in Ireland in 2019. His claim in the High Court this week that apples had been thrown at him while in prison there makes prison unsafe for him was thrown out. In the meantime, O'Grady, who has an address in Dublin city, remains on bail after his extradition was ordered by the High Court. History Last year, he was convicted in a Portuguese court and sentenced to what will be his fifth stint behind bars since being convicted in 1993 of repeatedly molesting two brothers in the United States. Our reporter confronts O'Grady in 2014 In November 2014, after being freed from a second spell in prison, O'Grady told the Sunday World that he was no longer a danger to children. 'Why would you want to talk to me?' he asked when approached near the property in Waterford city where he was living at the time. When told that it was because of his history of child abuse, he replied: 'That's a long time ago now.' O'Grady denied that he is still a danger to children, saying: 'No, not at all.' His answer to whether he was in contact with the probation services was: 'That would be the normal procedure, yes.' And asked if people had anything to fear from him he replied, 'No, they haven't. OK?' before walking off into a post office. Just a year later he was arrested again when a housemate tipped off Gardaí, who found a child sexual abuse video on his laptop. He was given a 22-month sentence in that case, for which he was brought back from Portugal in October 2019 under a European Arrest Warrant. O'Grady was previously found guilty of possessing 280,000 sexual images of children and 1,000 videos. They had been found on a laptop he left on an Aer Lingus flight from Amsterdam in January 2012. He also got nine months' prison in 2020 for failure to keep the rules of the sex offenders register by not notifying a change in his details to the authorities. Documentary In 1993, O'Grady was convicted in California of lewd acts against children for repeatedly molesting two brothers. He was released after serving seven years in prison before being deported to Ireland in 2001. His crimes in California were the subject of a 2006 documentary titled Deliver us From Evil, in which O'Grady gave an account of his offending. The High Court this week found O'Grady's evidence relating to the trial process to be 'disingenuous and self-serving'. The judge found that O'Grady, who claimed he had been denied the right to a fair trial in Portugal, had tried to control the proceedings. Mr Justice Patrick McGrath added that O'Grady was 'clearly trying to manipulate the system to try to secure a certain outcome'. Oliver O'Grady News in 90 Seconds - Monday July 14th
Irish Examiner
19-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Partner of man who died after suffering serious injuries pleads guilty to his manslaughter
The partner of a former member of the Defence Forces who died after he was found on a road with serious injuries has pleaded guilty to his manslaughter at the Dublin District Court. James 'Shey' Ryan, 60, from Hasting Lawns, Balbriggan, and formerly East Wall was discovered on a residential road in the North Dublin town in the early hours of Saturday August 10 last year. He was rushed to Beaumont hospital by the emergency services, where he died a day later from his injuries. On Monday morning, his partner of 17 years and mother of his youngest child, Olesja Hertova pleaded guilty to his manslaughter. Olesja Hertova has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her partner. In the short hearing, Ms Hertova, 50, and originally from the Czech Republic, appeared before Judge Orla Crowe in the Courts of Criminal Justice. The mother of two has been in custody in the Dóchas Women's centre at Mountjoy prison in North Dublin since August 16, 2024, following her arrest by gardaí. Dressed in a green jumper with braided hair, she spoke only to confirm her guilty plea. Her daughter whom she shared with Mr Ryan was also in court, alongside his three other children from his first marriage, as well as two of his sisters. Ms Hertova was a carer to her late partner, who had Parkinson's disease as well as COPD — a breathing condition. The couple had been living together with their daughter in Balbriggan at the time of his death. Mr Ryan's wife died in January 2011. Sentencing in the case will take place on July 3.
