Five years ago, the Northern Ireland Executive allocated £36m for the sub-regional programme for local football. Glentoran were set to receive £10m to redevelop the Oval, with £17m put aside for other stadia. After the return of power-sharing to Stormont in January, the draft deal which sealed the return of the Northern Ireland Executive states an intention to complete the planned stadia programmes. In line with the Irish Football Association's 2011 Facility Strategy, the Stormont Executive had committed £36m to the development of football stadia after the completion of Windsor Park. In its 2015 consultation, the then Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Now Department for Communities) had divided the pot of money into five areas.

Source: BBC January 22, 2020 07:30 UTC