'No matter where I went, gambling was always there'

Tom Boggins, who has recovered from harmful gambling, is sharing his personal story to highlight the new counselling service being launched by Gambling Awareness Trust, and encouraging others to seek help too.  Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

When Tom Boggins made his first Holy Communion at the age of eight, he went to the Square shopping centre in Tallaght with the money. 

Instead of going to the cinema like others, he went to the arcade and spent all the money he had.