Spence family ‘honoured’ as Nevin remembered

The late Nevin Spence’s family said that they were humbly honoured to have a state-of-the-art educational centre named after him at the revamped Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.

The former Ulster and Ireland Wolfhounds star was tragically killed along with his brother Graham and father Noel in a slurry tank accident at the family’s farm near Hillsborough in County Down nearly three years ago.

The centre was officially opened by the Northern Ireland Sports Minister Carál Ní Chuilín and the ceremony was attended by Nevin’s mother Essie, and sisters Emma and Laura. It is housed in the Memorial End stand which was constructed as part of a major redevelopment of the old Ravenhill ground.