RETIREMENT OF FOOTBALLER DAVID HEALY

Early day motion 846, tabled 4 December 2013 by Jim Shannon (DUP). Signed by 11 members.

That this House notes the retirement from football of David Healy MBE; recognises the outstanding contribution he has made at a number of clubs, but particularly his Northern Ireland career where he is the country's highest ever goal-scorer with 36 goals in 95 international appearances; further recognises that he is one of the few players in the world to score a hat-trick against Spain, also smashing the European record with 13 goals in a single European qualifying campaign; and wishes him and his family every success for the future in the knowledge that his goal-scoring exploits will live long in the memory of football fans across the UK but especially in his birthplace, Northern Ireland.

Signatures by party: DUP 7, Independent 2, Labour 1, Liberal Democrat 1.