Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Peadar Hughes

1 report across 1 case, 29 Sep 2023 to 29 Sep 2023

Victim: Peadar Hughes, Irish person (judged from name)Peadar Hughes

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Fraud (dishonestly inducing payment by false pretences)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 29 Sep 2023 to 29 Sep 2023
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Cases

latest first
  • Former hurler DJ Carey jailed for fraud in Dublin Fraud (dishonestly inducing payment by false pretences) · Co. Dublin

    Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey, 54, of Newtown, Maynooth, Co Kildare, was accused of claiming to have cancer and needing treatment in Seattle, inducing 22 people to give him a total of €394,127 and $13,000 between 2014 and 2022. Victims included Denis O'Brien, who gave him €125,182 and $13,000, and Owen and Ann Conway, Mark and Sharon Kelly, and others. Carey was arrested in February 2023 and released without charge, then charged with 21 fraud and forgery offences in September 2023. He pleaded guilty to 10 counts of dishonestly inducing people to pay him money on 2 July 2025, and was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on 3 November 2025 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

    Sentenced, 3 Nov 2025Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Peadar Hughes, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 29 Sep2023
    Chargedirishtimes.com, in Former hurler DJ Carey jailed for fraud in Dublin
    DJ Carey charged with deception and forgery in alleged cancer treatment scam
    victim, Peadar Hughes, irish (judged from name)Peadar Hughes

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