NI football chiefs urged to rethink stadium site

Belfast councillors today launched a last-ditch bid to persuade football chiefs to defer any decision on a new stadium for Northern Ireland’s international team.

As members of the Irish Football Association (IFA) faced a crucial vote tonight on British government plans for a 42,500-seater multi-purpose stadium on the site of the Maze Prison, they were warned not to be swayed by scaremongering.