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Gareth Fullerton

All-Island League Advocacy Group to host Belfast summit meeting

The All-Island League Advocacy Group will hold a stakeholder meeting in Belfast at the end of this month.

Players, coaches and fans are being invited to the seminar at the Waterfront Hall on Tuesday, January 28.

It is one of three such events happening over the course of three days in Belfast, Dublin and Dundalk.

The plan is to hold four similar stakeholder summits between January and late March.

According to organisers, the aim of which is to "research the appetite for and viability of cross-border competition as a means of improving the welfare of domestic football".

The All-Island League group and facilitators Hypercube will also be seeking meetings with the Irish FA, FAI and two Governments to discuss the project.

"We encourage all of those with an interest in the project to join us at the relevant meeting to make your voice heard, and to ask questions of the group and Hypercube," the organisers added.

Event dates

Tuesday 28th - Waterfront Hall, Belfast - Studio

6pm - Players & Coaches

7:30pm - Fans

Wednesday 29th - Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Vavasour Suite

1pm – Broadcasters and Sponsors

6pm - Players & Coaches

7:30pm - Fans

Thursday 30th -  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dundalk - Hamilton Suite

11am - Academia & Icons of the Sport

12:30pm - Clubs

2:30pm - Journalists / Media

Initial plans for a new all-island football league included the introduction of a new 14-team top tier and two 10-team regionalised leagues combining clubs from both the NIFL and FAI leagues.

Dutch data analytics company Hypercube played a key role in reforming the Danish and Dutch leagues and have also carried out work on Champions League and Europa League structures for UEFA.

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