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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Darragh Culhane

Irish jockey Oisin Murphy thought career was over after alcohol problems were causing black outs

Irish jockey Oisin Murphy feared his career was over after battling alcohol issues as the Kerry man is currently banned from racing over a series of rule breaches.

The champion jockey will return to races in 2023 and is serving a 14 month ban after misleading the British Horseracing Authority as well as two alcohol breaches and Murphy (26) was also slapped with a €37,000 fine.

And Murphy has spoken about his battle with alcohol and said he thought his career was over.

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