Belfast City Council has awarded an outdoor licence for entertainment at the Central Catholic Club in the city centre.
At the recent meeting of the council’s Licensing Committee, elected representatives agreed an application for the provisional grant of a seven day annual outdoor entertainments licence to provide outdoor musical entertainment at 43a Rosemary Street, beside the First Presbyterian Church. The club is known as the 3Cs.
The applicant Patrick McAviney Club Chairman wrote to the council : “We at the Central Catholic Club acquired a piece of the carpark beside our club during the first lockdown. We fenced it off from the public and incorporated it into our club, while plans were sent to the council and the police.
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“We decided to make an outside area for our members and guests, as Covid isn’t as spreadable in outside settings, and the plan has to use the outside space as much as possible to try and curtail any spread.
“We thought our original entertainment licence would have covered us, but we have since found that we need another entertainment licence for this part of our club. The entertainment we wish to provide is a bit of background music, and possibly a one or two piece acoustic group, when the warmer weather comes in.”
The standard days and hours for an outdoor entertainments licence are Monday to Sunday, 11.30am to 11.00pm. There were no written representations received by the council as a result of the public notice of the application, and both the police and fire service made no objection to the application.
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