Naas judge hits out at TV gambling adds
Man stole money from employer
Reporter:
The abundance of advertisements encouraging the public to gamble needs to be tackled.
Judge Desmond Zaidan noted at a Naas District Court sitting on February 3 that there are adds for gambling during soccer games and other television programmes.
“Any programme you re watching, you’re guaranteed to see advertisements for gambling. It’s an issue that has to be addressed,” he said.
He was speaking in the case of a 23 year old from Naas who took a reported €5,500 while working at the Westgrove Hotel.
The court heard that he started to take small sums of money and this increased to in the region of €300 when he worked while functions were taking place.