Hosting duties

Cliftonville Football Club were delighted to welcome Sports Minister Stuart Andrew to Solitude this afternoon.

Visiting Belfast as part of a fact-finding mission in his role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society, Mr Andrew was greeted at the home of Ireland’s Oldest Football Club by Reds Chairman Kieran Harding and Chief Operating Officer David Begley, who were likewise very pleased to host Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons MLA, North Belfast MP John Finucane, NI Football League Chief Executive Gerard Lawlor and his Irish Football Association counterpart, Patrick Nelson.