RTE News Headlines<p>[15:45] New National Football Centre site secured by IFA</p><p> Irish FA technical director Aaron Hughes believes a National Football Centre can be a game-changer for Northern Ireland's international fortunes after plans to build the new facility near Ballymena were unveiled on Wednesday.</p><p> <a href="https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/0226/1499069-ifa-reveal-location-for-new-national-football-centre/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/0226/</span><span class="invisible">1499069-ifa-reveal-location-for-new-national-football-centre/</span></a><br> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/AaronHughes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AaronHughes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NationalFootballCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalFootballCentre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Ballymena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ballymena</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Wednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wednesday</span></a></p>