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

Tom Brennan

4 reports across 1 case, 29 Sep 2023 to 31 Oct 2025

Victim: Tom Brennan, Irish person (judged from name)Tom Brennan

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Fraud (dishonestly inducing payment by false pretences)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
4 reports, 29 Sep 2023 to 31 Oct 2025
Outlets
thejournal.ie, rte.ie, 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 · 4 reports

Timeline

every report naming Tom Brennan, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 31 Oct2025
    Convictedthejournal.ie, in Former hurler DJ Carey jailed for fraud in Dublin
    DJ Carey remanded in custody pending sentencing on Monday for fraud charges
    victim, Tom Brennan, irish (judged from name)Tom Brennan
  2. 31 Oct2025
    In courtthejournal.ie, in Former hurler DJ Carey jailed for fraud in Dublin
    Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey remanded in custody pending sentencing on Monday for fraud charges
    victim, Tom Brennan, irish (judged from name)Tom Brennan
  3. 31 Oct2025
    Convictedrte.ie, in Former hurler DJ Carey jailed for fraud in Dublin
    Custodial sentence for DJ Carey inevitable, judge says
    victim, Tom Brennan, irish (judged from name)Tom Brennan
  4. 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, Tom Brennan, irish (judged from name)Tom Brennan

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