‘Proud day for the 2 Johnnies’: Podcasting duo react to catfish saga featuring in English paper

Remember the GAA catfish? The story features in this year's Leaving Cert Applied English paper

The 2 Johnnies featured in the State exams today, with an article about their 'GAA catfish' story being included in a paper. Picture: Ruth Medjber @ruthlessimagery

It was the story that captivated the country last year: in the summer of 2022 the 2 Johnnies shared Johnny B O’Brien’s catfish story with listeners of their podcast in what the Tipperary natives dubbed ‘ The GAA catfish’.

Over the course of two podcast episodes, the Tipperary natives issued a cautionary tale, revealing the details of a serial catfisher who is believed to have been in contact with over 30 men, including host Johnny B.