He plunged ahead, accepting Obama’s invitation to be the US ambassador to Ireland, a post he held between 2009 and 2012. eason with one year remaining on a two-year, $24m contract, is reportedly set to join the Oakland Raiders on an incentive-laden deal. Prosecutors said Hernandez opened fire on their car because he felt disrespected when one of the men bumped into him and spilled his drink at a Boston nightclub. him and anything we could all do to help we’d do, that family and this particular situation with his family takes precedent over everything else going on.