Overview

• Carey, 54, entered guilty pleas at Dublin’s Criminal Courts of Justice on Wednesday to charges related to falsely claiming he had cancer.
• Between 2014 and 2022 he sent victims images showing an iPhone charger taped to his nose to mimic medical treatment for cancer.
• He remains on bail and is due to be sentenced on October 29, facing a maximum prison term of ten years.
• Defense counsel Colman Cody told the court that Carey has legitimate health issues, including last year’s heart surgery and struggles with mental health.
• A five-time All-Ireland winner with multiple All-Star awards, Carey’s financial troubles began with a 2011 AIB debt order later reduced under a 2018 settlement.