Belfast's Cathedral Quarter Trust has been forced to stop its day to day activities "with immediate effect" after core funding was withdrawn, it has claimed.
The Trust, which delivered the popular Culture Night event in the city until it was cancelled in 2022 for a "complete rethink", said it had been informed in the last week that core funding by the Department for Communities was being withdrawn.
In a statement issued during the week, the CQT board it would have to "cease day to day operational activity, including planning any cultural events, with immediate effect and for the foreseeable future".