A suspected arson attack has caused an estimated £15,000 of damage to mourneseafood in Belfast
The outside area of a Belfast city centre restaurant has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.
Mourne Seafood Bar said its outside area would be closed for the foreseeable future following the incident, although the inside would remain open."I'm pretty disgusted. This is the middle of our high season," Mr McCoubrey told BBC News NI."It's probably about £15,000 to get it back operational for the summer, but its debatable whether it's worth doing for the summer - it's halfway through the season now, so we have to reassess and think about it.
"It's been very popular, particularly with the tourists coming - I know we haven't had much of a summer to date but it has been a big bit of our business, especially since Covid."Police said they received a report of a fire in Bank Street at about 04:40 BST on Wednesday."Officers attended alongside colleagues from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service who extinguished the fire. This is being treated as arson," a spokesperson said.
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