Crusaders Football Club started demolishing the South Stand at Seaview stadium on Belfast's Shore Road last month. The project includes 2.2 million pounds from the UK government's Levelling Up Fund for facility upgrades and better spectator areas.

A wall at the St Vincent Street entrance behind the stand holds a mural dedicated to the UVF 3rd Battalion. The UVF unit from north Belfast's Mount Vernon estate directed club officials to avoid any damage to the mural. The instruction came from the unit's current commander.

Construction proceeded on Friday as a digger cleared rubble from the partially demolished stand.

In east Belfast, a UVF mural showing gunmen at the Dee Street and Newtownards Road junction will be removed after 15 years. The gable wall will display a portrait of Sir Edward Carson, who founded the original UVF in 1913.

The east Belfast UVF command team stood down in November 2023, leading to a leadership split. The mural change results from talks with loyalist groups and receives support from the Executive Office's Communities in Transition programme.

DUP MP Gavin Robinson stated the east Belfast development was agreed by all parties involved and marks community transition.