Let’s get real about two delusional projects

IRELAND is already oversupplied with racecourses and with taxpayer-owned hotels, golf courses and convention centres. Addiction in Ireland takes many forms, with dangerous drugs being the most obvious example.

While gambling and alcohol are not addictive to the majority of people, for a significant minority addictive behaviour can be catastrophic.

In Ireland, compulsive addictive behaviour is not confined to alcoholics and drug addicts. Gambling has become a national disease. The majority of Irish politicians, bankers and developers and a significant minority of the Irish population engaged in reckless gambling, often with other peoples’ money and security, leaving the Irish nation bankrupt.