Ghost ship to light up Titanic birthplace

A HUGE “ghost ship” could soon light up the Belfast skyline to mark the birthplace of the ill-fated Titanic, it was announced yesterday.

The unique life-sized light-sculpture would be the centrepiece of a £100 million (€145m) visitor attraction, seizing on the worldwide interest in the liner, which sank when it hit an iceberg on its maiden transatlantic crossing in 1912.

The first steps were taken towards the development of the attraction when Belfast City Council and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board were given first sight of a vision for the Titanic Signature Project.