‘In a cost-of-living crisis, some turn to gambling to make ends meet’

Experts warn rising gambling spend, online advertising and new technologies risk deepening harm as regulation struggles to keep pace

'For people in recovery, it’s so difficult to teach an algorithm you don’t want to see gambling adverts anymore where you can get the product for free,' says Barry Grant

Each month, the Central Bank of Ireland publishes data on how people are spending their money using their debit and credit cards.

It breaks it down into minute detail by category, and its monthly bulletin will single out statistics of note.