The bar tzar Bill Wolsey, who owns one of the biggest portfolios of pubs, restaurants and hotels in Northern Ireland, can trace the roots of his vast empire back to Bangor. In the heady days of ...

Bill Wolsey, who has overseen the pub’s transformation into a popular destination, reflects on the band's impact: “When you have the right people in the right place, success happens.

Leading NI publican Bill Wolsey has bought a chain of bars for £8m. Mr Wolsey, best known as owner of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, bought the 15 pubs out of administration.

Two property and pub firms in Northern Ireland have gone into administration — and the acquisition of their pubs by entrepreneur Bill Wolsey is set to make him Ireland’s biggest publican.

Leading NI publican Bill Wolsey has bought a chain of bars for £8m. Mr Wolsey, best known as owner of the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, bought the 15 pubs out of administration.