
Phil Hogan asked for proof that DJ Carey needed money for cancer treatment. Photo: PA
Maeve Sheehan and Ali Bracken
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Former EU commissioner Phil Hogan was among the figures tapped by DJ Carey for cash for bogus cancer treatment — and one of the few the hurler failed to hoodwink.
Mr Hogan, a former Fine Gael minister, was approached by Carey in 2021, according to a new book that charts the Kilkenny sportsman’s fall from grace.