Four year old scaffolding around the the ill-fated 'George Best Hotel' in Belfast City Centre is to be removed, without any clear indication yet as to what the building will be used for.
Scaffolding around the Scottish Mutual Building, considered to be at best an eye sore and at worst dangerous, will be removed by Stormont’s Department for Infrastructure, following a request from a Belfast City Councillor.
Last month five youths were rescued from the roof of the disused building in Belfast city centre after scaling the scaffolding. Three months before that a section of Bedford Street was cordoned off by police after chunks of red brick masonry the size of breezeblocks fell from the building onto the pavement at the corner of Donegall Square.
