Politicians from Stormont and the Oireachtas swapped the chamber for the football pitch [Friday] afternoon, as they came together for a five-a-side match aimed at raising awareness of gambling-related harm.
A cross-party team of Northern Ireland MLAs, including Sinn Fein’s Philip McGuigan, UUP deputy leader Robbie Butler, the DUP’s Stephen Dunne and SDLP’s Justin McNulty, lined up against Irish TDs Aidan Farrelly and Darren O’Rourke at the Civil Service Pavilion at Stormont.
The event, organised to highlight calls for tighter regulation of gambling advertising and sponsorship in sport, also featured campaigners with lived experience, including Declan Creggan from Gambling With Lives and James Grimes of The Big Step.
