Belfast restaurant plans to send bill for shutdown to Stormont 

A Belfast restaurant manager is sending a bill of more than £6,000 to Stormont’s first and deputy first ministers for costs incurred Picture: Niall Carson/PA)

A Belfast restaurant manager is sending a bill of more than £6,000 to Stormont’s first and deputy first ministers for costs incurred before they dashed hopes of reopening this weekend.

Peter Ringland manages the Town Square bistro in Botanic Avenue and said it was “ridiculous” to be told on Thursday evening that he had to remain shut.