Hurler DJ Carey Hospitalised

DJ Carey has been hospitalised following a suspected heart attack.

The former Kilkenny hurler is reported to have collapsed in an office in Kilkenny City this afternoon.

The nine-time All Star was admitted to St Luke's hospital in Kilkenny where his condition is described as stable.

Carey (41) from Gowran, hurled with Kilkenny for 16 years between 1990 and 2005. In 1998, when he was just 27, he announced his retirement from the game. However, he returned to the black and amber after receiving 25,000 letters within a fortnight asking him to reconsider.

As a player, he was hurler of the year in 1993 and 2000, he won five All-Ireland titles, 10 Leinster titles, four National Hurling League titles and two Railway Cup titles with Leinster.

Carey's relationship with entrepreneur Sarah Newman ended recently. She came to prominence as a panellist on the first RTÉ series of Dragon’s Den in 2009.

A luxury Swiss property owned by Ms Newman, which was at the centre of an AIB case against Ms Newman and DJ Carey, was sold in December last year.

AIB indicated that it was to move against the property last May after the bank was awarded judgment of €9 million against Ms Newman and Mr Carey, arising from loans, and guarantees they had given for each other’s loans, primarily on properties in Mount Juliet in Kilkenny and the K Club in Co Kildare.

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Hogan to Miss National League

Richie Hogan of Kilkenny looks certain not to play any further part in the remainder of the National Hurling League after suffering a collapsed lung in the win over Galway on Sunday.

The Cats forward will be out of action for at least a month, according to county board secretary Ned Quinn, meaning he is sure to miss the semi-final against either Clare or Limerick on April 22nd. The final on May 6th, should Kilkenny make it, also looks too soon for Hogan.

He sustained the injury at Nowlan Park in a collision with Galway goalkeeper Jamie Ryan, and was clearly in considerable pain when stretchered from the field late on in the 3-26 to 0-10 win over the Tribesmen.

Immediately after the game, manager Brian Cody thought it was a rib injury and expressed his hope Hogan would make a speedy recovery.

“Richie is a very, very important player and we'll certainly be hoping that he'll be fine,” he said. "At the stage the game was at, a lot of players wouldn't have even bothered to go and contest that ball. But Richie is playing really strong hurling at the moment. He's hungry for the ball and he went for it, and unfortunately he's picked up a serious injury."