Demolition work has commenced on the site of two former pubs in Larne town centre.
The century-old Dan Campbell’s and The Thatch buildings at Bridge Street are being bulldozed to make way for the new £3.2m Inver River Hotel which is expected to open in spring 2022.
The 24-bedroom four-star hotel is being developed by Kenny Bruce, Stephen Ashe, Mervyn McKay and Raymond Robinson, directors of MBA Inver Investments on the site and extending into Point Street.
The hotel development will create 38 new jobs within the town and is intended to bring “much needed regeneration and investment to the Riverdale area”.
Graham Kelly scores Larne’s first goal
McDaid provided an assist and scored one on a glorious night for owner Kenny Bruce, manager Lynch and their team, but the striker should not have been on the pitch when he delivered those match defining moments.
He clearly ought to have been sent off early on following his shocking foul on Blues skipper Mulgrew. Referee Ian McNabb was in a good position to see the incident yet somehow managed to miss what was a nasty high challenge.
It was a red card all night long.
Given that another Irish League official, Jamie Robinson, reversed a decision days after Linfield s league game with Glenavon last month, which saw Blues striker Christy Manzinga being handed a three- match ban by the Irish FA, one wonders will referee McNabb feel he should do the same following last might s decision.