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Intercounty GAA players are six times more likely to develop a gambling addiction than the average person, new research has found. The findings, published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science, found that 4.8% of respondents could be considered problem gamblers. By contrast, the prevalence among the general population is 0.8%. On Newstalk DailyAssociate Professor at the University of Limerick Dr Kieran Murray said there is an increasing awareness of the impact gambling has. “Gambling now has a DSM code for a medical illness, with widespread harms in terms of mental...