A local councillor has said that more practical action has to be taken to regenerate a major gateway street "left to rot" in Belfast city centre.
Green Party councillor Brian Smyth has mirrored the frustration of business owners on North Street, one of the city's main thoroughfare routes, who feel the area has been allowed to become "abandoned" and "neglected".
Just a few yards away from the bustling Cathedral Quarter, the North Street area is marked by 'crumbling buildings', empty businesses, graffiti and anti-social behaviour. Brian told Belfast Live that he is determined to work on behalf of the North Street businesses at the council to make the area a safer and thriving space.
