"Ever since I didn't go across the water at 16 and worked my way through the Irish League with Ballymena and Linfield, I think it's been a whirlwind of a journey. In the last five years, I've went from the Irish League to the Premier League. When you think of it that way, it sounds a bit crazy, but it's just part of the journey that I've been on."
The New IRA declared on Tuesday that it had intended to kill police coming out of the station, according to local outlet Irish News, and warned that it planned to target officers at their homes with bombs.
Under Northern Ireland's tightly controlled licensing regime, supermarkets must meet strict criteria to sell alcohol - including acquiring a licence from a closing premises and proving there is insufficient local provision.
The power-sharing coalition's principal parties, Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist party (DUP), are locked in chronic feuding that has severely hindered legislation and governance, creating a perception of drift and neglect.