DJ Carey: The Dodger’ review: Docuseries seems to view DJ Carey as a kind of tragic hero, Part 2 will be shown next Monday night RTE I 9. 30 PM.

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This documentary spends a lot of time recalling DJ Carey’s hurling triumphs in an effort to make his fall seem like a Shakespearean tragedy rather than an inevitable result of the machinations of a grubby conman

There are several old audio clips scattered throughout director Trevor Birney’s two-part docuseries DJ Carey: The Dodger (RTE One, Monday, November 24; both episodes on RTÉ Player) that now sound ironic at best, infuriating at worst.

In one, the disgraced former Kilkenny hurler, who was sentenced to five-and-half years in prison earlier this month for defrauding 22 people out of a total of almost €400,000, is heard saying: “I’ve never been one for controversy.”

  


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