{"id":793986,"date":"2026-10-06T18:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793986\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T18:32:18","slug":"former-all-ireland-winning-footballer-says-rise-in-problem-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/793986\/","title":{"rendered":"Former All-Ireland winning footballer says rise in problem gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former All-Ireland winning footballer says there&#8217;s been a dramatic rise in problem gambling among women aged 25 to 45.<\/p>\n<p>Ois\u00edn McConville of Armagh and Crossmaglen Rangers is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiokerry.ie\/news\/gambling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gambling<\/a> addiction awareness campaigner.<\/p>\n<p>He is going to speak about his recovery from problem gambling at Kenmare Further Education and Training Centre (V93 K5CV) at half-past-seven (7:30pm) tomorrow night (07\/10\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Mr McConville wants the gambling regulator&#8217;s powers to be extended beyond online gambling.<\/p>\n<p>He says gambling is still working off laws written 70 years ago in 1956:<\/p>\n<p>If you have been affected by this issue, you may contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/gamblingcare.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GamblingCare<\/a> national helpline at 1800 936 725.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-501747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/JNCvwN4W-mco-242x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"612\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former All-Ireland winning footballer says there&#8217;s been a dramatic rise in problem gambling among women aged 25&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[261380,102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-footballer-problem-gambling","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}