Seven Irish Cup fifth round matches postponed

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Seven matches have been called off due to frozen pitches

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Seven of Saturday's Irish Cup fifth round matches have been postponed due to frozen pitches.

Strabane Athletic v Glentoran, Glenavon v Newington, Portadown v Annagh United and the all-Premiership tie between Ballymena United and Larne have been called off.

Lisburn Distillery v Warrenpoint Town, Knockbreda v Loughgall and Ballinamallard United v Institute have also been postponed following a pitch inspection.

The game between Comber Rec and Ballymacash Rangers has been switched to the Bluebell Stadium, Lisburn and will be played at 15:00 GMT.

Limavady United v Lisburn Rangers, Armagh City v Drumaness Mills and Carrick Rangers v Queen's University are all set to go ahead as planned following a pitch inspection.

The Strabane v Glentoran game has been rearranged to Tuesday, 20 January (19:45 GMT) at the Oval with the tie between Ballymena and Larne to be played on the same date.

Both Portadown's match against local rivals Annagh United and the Lurgan Blues' match against Newington have been rescheduled for Tuesday, 13 January.