IT SEEMS it will take more than a £3.8 million lotto windfall to keep Jonny Johnston away from his job! Despite Jonny and partner Christina Williams celebrating the massive win, pictured right, just weeks before Christmas, the Irvinestown man was spotted still working his day job as a Tesco delivery man last week. When news broke […]
Kyle Lafferty calls for gambling ban in sport
FERMANAGH and Northern Ireland footballer Kyle Lafferty has called for a blanket ban on betting companies in sports as he opened up on his own personal struggles with a gambling addiction. The striker who is currently playing with Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League told the Pint and Two Shots podcast that a complete ban in all […]
Local campaigner not impressed by gambling ads ban
“Until people realise this is a serious public health issue nothing is going to change.”
Football teams join forces to help support charity fund
On Saturday, July 2, at Byrne Park, Lisnarick, there will be a memorial match for Lewis Keogh who died by suicide in November 2013.
Life of Barney Curley to be brought to life on TV
Enthusiasts want to tell the tale of Irvinestown man who took the racing world by storm
Family welcome ‘long overdue’ gambling reforms
WELCOME REFORMS: THE FAMILY of a Fermanagh man who took his own life because of a gambling addiction, have welcomed the news that some of the gambling reforms they have been campaigning for will be introduced by Stormont. Sadie and Peter Keogh lost their son, Lewis in 2013. Since then, the couple have been lobbying […]
Ex-footballer driving home the message of gambling addiction
A FORMER Fermanagh and Western footballer is hoping to drive home the message that gambling addiction can cost lives over the coming weeks, months and beyond. Pete Keogh, whose son Lewis took his own life in 2013 because he had a gambling addiction, is the chairman of the charity Gambling With Lives which has been […]
Parents take gambling crusade to Westminster
‘We lost our son to gambling addiction .we don’t want anyone else to’
Man used boss’s credit card to gamble online
District Judge Nigel Broderick said it had been “a nasty offence” as it involved breaching the trust of someone who had given him a job.
How gambling addiction cost our boy his life
THEIR son Lewis took his own life three years ago after a prolonged gambling addiction. It’s only now that parents Pete and Sadie Keogh have the strength to talk about it. “Addiction to anything is bad, but addiction to gambling is cruel,” said the couple who have been through so much since they received the […]