‘My life was carnage’
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...
