
A Donegal businessman is seeking planning permission to develop a new hotel in Belfast city centre.
BCS Belfast Limited, whose CEO is Donegal man Brian McGettigan, has submitted plans for a 91-bedroom hotel, complete with a lobby, spa and restaurant and bar.
If approved, the five-storey development would retain much of the character of the existing building.
The brick facades facing Linenhall Street and Franklin Street are considered particularly valuable and would remain largely untouched, with only ornate ventilation features added.