Two iconic Belfast bars shift to midnight closure amid fears Cathedral Quarter will become ‘another Temple Bar’

Willie Jack, owner of the famous Duke of York and Harp Bar in Belfast city's Cathedral Quarter (Photo by Liam McBurney)

Jessica Rice

Two of Belfast’s most iconic bars are set to adopt midnight closing as owner Willie Jack said he fears the city’s Cathedral Quarter becoming “another Temple Bar”.

Mr Jack is the owner of the iconic Duke of York and Harp Bar in Belfast and, in a letter to the Irish News, has voiced his concerns the area could become like the Dublin tourist hotspot.