Residents in Finglas have raised concerns over plans to open a gaming arcade in the area, as they say there are enough gambling outlets.
They say there are already enough gambling outlets in the area, even though the number of bookmakers has declined by 47%.“ feel that there are already enough gambling outlets in the area – and to be honest, if you take a walk up through the village, there are four bookies,” he said.
“It’s still only early days, a planning application has been put in, but residents have already been coming out against it.”Local resident Donna told Josh that she believes the arcade would increase anti-social behaviour in the area.“ attract anything and everything, somewhere for them to hang about, you know what I mean?
However, gambling addiction counsellor Tony O’Reilly told Josh that there could be other factors at play as to why gambling outlets are seen more in disadvantaged areas.“Because if you look at disadvantaged areas, sometimes you will have a lot of euro shops or a lot of vaping shops and phone shops, or even shops where you can go in and trade goods for cash.
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