All Ireland-winning Galway hurler Davy Glennon and Tony O’Reilly, a former postman who gambled 1.75m he stole from An Post, have rowed in behind a Fianna Fáil bill that would outlaw advertising aimed at glamorising gambling and oblige bookmakers to become more “socially responsible”.
They met with TDs in Leinster House yesterday and told them people are suffering because of a lack of regulation in the sector.
Debt
Mr Glennon, whose mother re-mortgaged her house to pay his debt, said the addiction is all-encompassing because major betting firms do little to help.
“My outlet was gambling and it took a hold of my life to an extent went from begging, borrowing and stealing. It was very dishonest and I was a compulsive liar,” h…
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