{"id":186438,"date":"2025-06-15T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/186438\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T13:30:13","slug":"whites-tavern-roof-of-popular-belfast-bar-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/186438\/","title":{"rendered":"White’s Tavern: Roof of popular Belfast bar collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"

White\u2019s Tavern\u2019s roof fell through in the early hours of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Emergency services attended the scene and one person was taken to hospital following the incident. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said the patient was taken the Royal Victoria hospital.<\/p>\n

“(We) received a 999 call at 12.03am on Sunday following reports of a number of people having been injured, following a structural incident at a premises in Winecellar Entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cNIAS despatched five emergency crews, 1 HART (Hazardous Area Response Team) crew and a number of ambulance officers to the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one person was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital and a number of others (were) discharged at the scene with minor injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"White's<\/p>\n

White’s Tavern<\/p>\n

The bar has confirmed it will reopen on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety of our customers and staff at White’s Complex is our top priority,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

“Following an incident in White’s Tavern, which saw plasterboard fall in the bar, we immediately sealed off the affected area and liaised with emergency services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were no serious injuries, we apologise to customers and staff that were affected.<\/p>\n

“We have conducted an investigation which has confirmed there are no structural defects and we are commencing remediation works.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite’s Tavern will reopen on Tuesday 17th June.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/p>\n

Emergency services at the scene last night.<\/p>\n

Watch: Popular Belfast entry gets insta-worthy summer makeover<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the PSNI said, \u201cPolice attended a report of a collapsed roof at premises in the Winecellar Entry area of Belfast city centre shortly before 12.10am today, Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Colleagues from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Services and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service also attended the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) spokesperson said that part of the roof \u201ccame off the ground floor ceiling\u201d, however they did not need to take any action.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvice [was] given to whoever was at the incident, but we didn\u2019t take any action at all,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White\u2019s Tavern\u2019s roof fell through in the early hours of Sunday morning. Emergency services attended the scene and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[2378,1611,12,1610,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-186438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-belfast","10":"tag-jessica-rice","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114687628217178424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}