Storm Eleanor rips roof off Titanic shipbuilders H and W

[Andrew Clarkson]

A SIZEABLE chunk of a factory roof at one of Northern Ireland's major businesses has been ripped off by Storm Eleanor.

The mammoth mobile building at Harland and Wolff (H&W) Heavy Industries in east Belfast was not in use at the time.

It was intended for painting projects, a spokesman for the company said.

H&W was once one of the world's leading shipbuilders - it built the Titanic - and currently focuses on offshore energy and steel fabrication.

The spokesman said the damage affected the outer skin of the roof.

Read more; https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/ ... rn-ireland