Sean Moncrieff has revealed that parenting expert David Carey has passed away.
The psychologist was a regular on Newstalk’s Moncrieff for almost a decade.
Speaking on air earlier today, the presenter revealed the sad news.
“I do have a bit of bad news to share with you… for the last four or five months we’ve had various people filling in for David – very well it should be said, but we’ve had a lot of people texting in wondering where David was.
“David had been struggling with ill health. He was given a diagnosis of cancer some months back and was on the chemo and unfortunately, it didn’t work.
“We got word yesterday afternoon that he died,” Sean said, getting tearful.
Lovely tribute to the late David Carey on @SeanMoncrieff @NewstalkFM pic.twitter.com/LHu2aSF8kB
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“We are really really devastated, for me anyway, he’s someone I’ve known for ten years and we’ve had a conversation for ten years,”
He added: “Next Wednesday we’re not going to do parenting we’ll play an extended interview that we did with David some years back.”
Fans and friends were devastated by the sad news and took to Twitter to pay tribute to him.
I'm devastated to hear of the death of the wonderful David Carey, the @SeanMoncrieff show's parenting expert. The emotion in Sean's voice as he delivered the news expressed just how highly David was thought of by all who had the pleasure to listen to his sonorous tones each week.
— Dónal O'Flynn (@donaloflynn) April 20, 2018
@SeanMoncrieff Aw Sean! Thats terrible news about David Carey! A huge loss to the listeners of the parenting slot and more importantly to his bereft family! May he Rest in Peace!!
— Triona Murphy (@Murpht01) April 20, 2018
@SeanMoncrieff beautiful tribute, from both yourself & the team, to David Carey at the of end of today's show. A tear was shed. The font of Wisdom will be missed
— MalachiQuinn (@MalachiQuinn) April 20, 2018
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I'm devastated to learn of the death of psychologist #DavidCarey. He was a frequent guest on Kildare Focus and was always astute, warm, funny, nuanced, quick-witted and wise.#RIPDavid
— Ciara Plunkett (@PlunkettCiara) April 20, 2018
@SeanMoncrieff ah dear god, the sun will shine a little less shiny after hearing that terrible news #RIPDavid I hope he knew how much he was loved by the listeners
— Mairéad Fitz (@maireadfitzm) April 20, 2018