These days, he scouts for Tottenham, doing what he always loved — playing or watching football. From Manchester United to Wrexham, Brian Carey has seen the obscene spending and the hand-to-mouth existence of the haves and have nots.

Brian Carey likes to tell the story of an encounter a friend of his, a Manchester United supporter, once had with some Grimsby Town fans.

Clare SHC final

Smoking is to be banned on the grounds of three major hospitals in the South in the new year.

In the well-produced programme for the recent Clare county senior hurling final the date of birth for Niall Gilligan was given as 12/8/1986.

There was a comment made by a Cork hurling supporter after this game yesterday — “I’m getting fed up of losing to Clare teams!”

Sixmilebridge 1-10 Newmarket-on-Fergus 0-11

Having played under the new manager and played alongside his assistant, the former Manchester United and Ireland defender Brian Carey needs no convincing of the merits of the Martin O’Neill-Roy Keane ticket.

Brian Carey arrived for the interview at a Cork hotel with a ready-made intro: by sheer coincidence, the Tuesday on which we were meeting turned out to be 24 years ago to the very day since he’d left his hometown, Cork, for England to begin a career in professional football which would take him to Manchester United, Leicester City, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Wolves and see him experience almost all aspects of the game – from the glorious to the grim – as, variously, player, skipper, coach, scout, assistant manager and manager.

A Cork-based friend of Alex Ferguson has revealed he will be making attempts to encourage him to visit the city.

Wolves have sacked manager Dean Saunders and have begun the search for their fifth permanent manager in less than 15 months.

Wolves have sacked manager Dean Saunders and have begun the search for their fifth permanent manager in less than 15 months.

Ireland U21 3 Holland U21 0

Brian Carey reflects on the long football journey which has taken him from Cork City to Wolves as assistant to Dean Saunders.

The crowds and the noise level may not have rattled the Richter scale to the same extent as Katie’s gold medal moment, but the Irish were again out in force in the ExCel arena yesterday afternoon.

A 60-year-old grandmother, who made a remarkable recovery from a devastating stroke, told last night how she owed her life to a general hospital in West Cork.

ALLOW me to make a very basic point of logic in relation to the article “Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican” (Jan 16).

THE Irish Examiner’s reputation for cutting-edge design and great sports coverage was recognised yesterday when it scooped two of the top prizes at the inaugural National Newspapers of Ireland Journalism Awards in Dublin.

IN 2007, the three families behind the Jurys Doyle hotel group decided to sell a sizeable chunk of the business.

THE Director of Public Prosecutions actively considered taking out a High Court injunction last weekend to prevent publication of a book detailing the recollections of disgraced banker Seán FitzPatrick about events which led to the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank.

SINCE the end of 2008 former Anglo boss Sean FitzPatrick has maintained a self-serving silence.

AT last he’s said it — Sean FitzPatrick is sorry. Well, for himself anyway.

FORMER Cork City and Republic of Ireland player Brian Carey is still doing his duty for his country by enlisting one of his talented youngsters at Wrexham into the international fold.

I REGRET to inform Fr Tom Ingoldsby (Letters, June 23) that he has made something of an understatement in declaring that “time is not on our side” in his efforts to oppose a bill which would “legalise sodomy”.

Mallow 1-19 Castlelyons 0-9

WHAT a curious set of priorities one must hold such that with a global financial crisis, not to mention the litany of problems we face at home, one would be motivated to complain about some media referring to the partner of the late Stephen Gately as his “husband”.

IN his letter (July 22), Eamon Reilly describes those of us who have chosen formally to defect from the Catholic Church as “conceited, self-centred individuals” who “never wanted to be in it in the first place”.

JESSICA HARRINGTON’S Give It Time, who won her maiden at Navan by 22 lengths, stepped up to Listed company in style when taking the Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) was yesterday accused of making stealth cutbacks with the closure of beds at a community hospital in west Cork.

BRIAN CAREY has been appointed Wrexham manager on a permanent basis.

Cork native Brian Carey has been appointed Wrexham manager on a permanent basis.

THERE was a fair old smell of burning rubber after Alabama Banjo had got beaten in the Tote Placepot Rollover Today Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

MOORE’S LAW, absent for 78 days, outclassed his rivals in the Blackwater Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

FORMER Cork City defender Brian Carey has taken over League Two club Wrexham after the sacking of manager Denis Smith.

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Mallow2-13 St Vincent’s2-9

Blackrock College will have to do without flu victim Brian Carey for the short drive to UCD.

League leaders Clontarf will entertain fourth placed Blackrock College in 'the match of the day' in Division One of the All Ireland League at Castle Avenue tomorrow.

League leaders Blackrock College are waiting on out-half Emmet Farrell (bruised ribs) and full back Brian Carey (ankle) to prove their fitness ahead of the visit of Terenure College to Stradbrook.