Ms Serena Bryans:

Some of the diversion from antisocial behaviour is often into sports. People think they will put their kids, whether it is a son or daughter, into GAA or some other sport and they will be safe. In some respects they are but we see many people coming to us, and young men in particular, who gamble primarily because they have been involved with sports. They also have problems with cocaine, with one offsetting the other. Cocaine use takes these people away from the worries caused by gambling, for example. It is a very real issue and it absolutely must be addressed.