GAA STAR 'CONNED UP TO 100 PEOPLE’

Friends sporting names tapped for money in alleged cancer scam

UP to 100 people are believed to have been hit for cash by a GAA legend's alleged cruel cancer scam, we can reveal.

Many were prominent names in football and hurling who knew the sport star on the celebrity charity golf and speaking circuit, along with some of their friends.

It's believed he was still making begging phone calls up until four weeks ago even though gardai had begun a major probe into the scandal.

The star is alleged to have claimed he was suffering from cancer.

One businessman who gave him a brand new car for free thought he was out in Seattle having treatment - but discovered from one of the player's best friends he was actually holidaying with his then girlfriend.