A ten year journey for a new 3G playing pitch on the Ards Peninsula has reached a conclusion, after local councillors finally agreed to the new facility.
Elected representatives at a recent Ards and North Down Council committee meeting tussled over whether a debate surrounding a decision for a new pitch for Portavogie should be made in public or behind closed doors.
With DUP votes the debate was made public, and after initial disagreement in the chamber over whether the matter should be deferred, by the end of the committee meeting all the parties had rowed in behind a proposal for the council to fund a new 3G pitch at Brandon Park in the village, to be used by the local team Portavogie Rangers, seniors and juniors.
