Niall McNamee in action for Offaly: 'I went into the Rutland Centre in Dublin for the residential programme for about five weeks, and from that day I’ve never really looked back.' Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inphoīecause of the money he was losing, and the time he was spending in the bookies, McNamee found himself telling more and more lies. I needed the bet to happen quickly and the result to come in quickly.” “For me to sit through a soccer match for 90 minutes to see the result at the end of it would be pure torture. The GAA player gambled on horse and dog racing rather than football matches, because of the greater speed involved. It just went from being one day a week, to being two days a week, and eventually it was seven days a week it was 24/7 in terms of the gambling and being on my mind and the worrying and everything that goes with it.” “It planted a seed, that maybe I could make a few bob on this,” the Offaly county footballer says. Ireland is regularly cited as the third-ranked country in the world in terms of gambling spend per head of adult population Niall McNamee (36), who was in his mid-teens when he started going to the bookies on Saturdays to place a few bets on horse racing, is talking about when his gambling addiction began to overwhelm him Between borrowing money, and telling lies, and getting into financial difficulty, the walls were closing in.” According to Jeff Ross, the group “laughed and cried for hours.” They also encouraged attendees to donate to the Scleroderma Research Foundation, on which the late star was a board member.“The walls started to close in around me. Other notable names like Jodie Sweetin (who shared sweet thoughts on her TV dad), Marc Maron and Seth Green were also present. The "Your Body Is a Wonderland" singer was also one of the attendees at a “punk rock shiva” held in the Dirty Work director’s honor. During the ride home, Mayer took to Instagram live, where he and Ross shared their memories of the Danny Tanner actor. Shortly after his passing, John Mayer, along with Saget’s other longtime friend Jeff Ross, went to LAX to pick up their late friend’s car. Authorities ruled out foul play, and his cause of death was later determined to be head trauma. The actor’s body was found in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida. That was someone that everyone knew, that in real time was like, this is one of my favorite people in the galaxy, and I'm proud of this relationship.īob Saget died at the age of 65 on January 9th in the midst of a comedy tour. There are some times [when we lose someone and we ask ourselves, 'What's my appropriate level of being upset? Where do I stand here in my level of upset?' … That one was right over me. ![]() In the same interview, he reflected on what he was feeling immediately after his friend’s death: Given the significance of the tune, it’s understandable that he would want to allow his emotions to naturally allow him to finish it up. Referring to the track as his “security blanket,” he believes it’ll “someday be finished on its own” just through his thinking about it. It seems the musical talent is putting a specific timetable on this song’s release. And sit down and play it on the piano and just sing it. This song that I have is very much like this connected tissue I have to him, and I just keep working on it. I put it in the plate and keep working on the song. I have this song that's my friend, sort of my little collection plate for ideas or thoughts That I have about Bob. While speaking with Andy Cohen on his Sirius XM show, Mayer opened up about how he’s going about working on it: So it probably won’t surprise you to learn that he’s currently working on a song that will memorialize Bob Saget. Tunes like “Say” and "Waiting on the World to Change" are evidence of his sheer ability to channel his feelings into smooth tracks. ![]() ![]() For years now, John Mayer has produced hit songs, which have earned him an array of accolades, including seven Grammys.
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