17/03/2016 BBC Newsline

There's been condemnation of trouble in the Holyland area of south

Belfast in the early hours of this morning.

Three men have been charged after the police were called

to a party that spilled onto the street.

Missiles were thrown and one police officer was injured.

This evening the area is reported to be quiet.

BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson reports on last night's trouble.

It started as a street party, loud but largely good-natured,

The police spent more than two hours trying to clear the streets.

Although it was the early hours of the morning,

the crowd got bigger as the night went on as news spread

The more people publicised it, the more people came out and it

There was a lot of damage to vehicles.

My car got damaged, you can see that.

It was after 4am when order was restored.

This morning, the clear-up, and questions asked

about the behaviour of many students who live here.

I just feel like it's ruined the fun for everybody else.

It got took too far, bottles were being thrown

You were all young once, weren't you?

Slightly. We weren't part of that.

I was enjoying the festivities until it got nasty but I fell asleep

in a friend's front room and woke up like this.

Many residents say they didn't sleep at all because of the noise.

Every St Patrick's Day, we have had something

I don't know what the answer will be.

I see what you mean about the noise, we cannot even do the interview then

You cannot get a night's sleep every week of the year,

this goes on except for holidays.

We are making arrests but that is a sign of defeat for us

because we would rather we didn't have to make them.

The majority of students have not been involved in trouble and they

say that they simply want to enjoy themselves.

Well the disturbances in south Belfast have been condemned

We are disappointed that we have emotive people here like that. After

a coordinated strategy working with other organisations, it is not

working and we have to go back to the drawing board. We had reports of

people being brought in, bus-loads of people. This is a much wider

societal problem. And there'll be political reaction

to the trouble in the Holyland on The View, immediately

after this programme. When 50 Syrian refugees came

to Belfast just before Christmas there was tight security

surrounding their arrival. The five families had been living

in Beruit after fleeing the conflict I've been to meet one

of the families to see how they've A new home in a new country,

one they knew nothing about before It was only when they arrived

at the airport in Beirut they were told which city

would be their final destination. It is very long and hard, both

the journey, and strange and new. But we must get used

to living there. The family are from one

of the Syrian cities most TRANSLATION: He was held for one

year and tortured and then left prison after one year

because he is being hit hard on his Aisha and her younger brother

are settled in a new school and it is there they

have had most support. Also different from schools

in Lebanon and Syria but nice, beautiful and teachers

are lovely and I made friends. Beautiful and people very

good and teaching maths, Yeah.

English and Arabic friends. There is another sadness

for this family. Their elder sister

is still in Lebanon. TRANSLATION: Very hard

for us to leave her there. She talked

to me every day and she is crying, She has a husband and two young

children and they were not included I hope the government will help us

to bring my sister and her husband Yes, a very difficult place,

they are living there, very bad. It is not clear if that

were so be granted. For now, the rest of the family

are very grateful to be living here. He was known by his family

and colleagues as Izzy, Today a lifelong friend of murdered

prison officer Adrian Ismay spoke on behalf of his family

and described a man who did his best to help others in need, regardless

of their religion or politics. Ian Simpson of the Prison Service

Benevolent Fund was a colleague of the murdered officer

for nearly 30 years. Izzy was one of those people,

no matter who asked help of him, he never asked who you were,

what you did, your religion, anything about you, he would have

given you the health unions and his family would have wanted

the people of Northern Ireland to know he died as a result

of the injuries he sustained It is a very difficult

time for his family, and after the blast on Friday,

we had helped him through the week, we expected that he would make

a full recovery given time and obviously Tuesday's events

were totally unexpected and as you can appreciate totally

devastated the family. They have a big sorrow

in their heart. A wonderful husband,

a loving father, a friendly, He has been taken out

of all our lives. St Patrick's Day parades have taken

place across Ireland Thousands took advantage of the good

weather to join festivities in Downpatrick, Armagh, Londonderry,

Enniskillen and Dublin. Our reporter Colletta Smith watched

the parade in Belfast. Today wasn't just a sea

of green, it was all things From the traditional

to the more contemporary. The parade snaked its way

through the central Making its way from City Hall

to custom house Square. Mine was shaking

the Lord Mayor's hand. Visitors from around the world got

into the atmosphere. I have never been here

on St Patrick's Day. Thousands of people have turned up

here today basking in the sunshine, hoping to enjoy the music

and the dancing for St Patrick's There was disappointment

for Cushendall today in the All-Ireland

club hurling final. The Ruairi Ogs from Antrim

were beaten by eleven points by Na Piarseee of Limerick,

after the worst possible start, and went on to fall further

behind in the first half. The men from the Glens did manage

to restore some pride in the second It's been a busy St Patrick's Day

of schools sport, with finals in Gaelic football,

soccer and rugby. Stephen Watson rounds up

the days action starting There was a dramatic climax to the

rugby, as loyal Belfast academical institution broke away for a

game-winning intersection try. The holders might have snatched victory

from nothing. It was an unbelievable force and they put us under

pressure. We felt on coming. Our boys defended well and strong. I

knew that we would have to work a bit harder. The Gaelic football

final was much more one-sided with St Patrick's going on a Fort Paull

-- goal blitz. We were six points behind. The final was the biggest

stage. And in the schools football, this victory meant the trophy

returned to this west Belfast school for the ninth time in their history.

It's been a glorious day in many places -

We could not have asked for better weather and the St Patrick's Day but

we got from one scenario, people enjoying the sunshine in T-shirts,

to getting quite cold tonight. Areas of frost quite widely away from the

force, coast. -2 and minus the likely. Dense fog around as well.

There will be frost around especially for early risers tomorrow

and some fog. The sun is getting up early and these days and it means

the frost will lift fairly readily. The file might take longer but it

will be another pretty Day eventually. Lots of sunshine to,

across the Republic of Ireland. Temperatures are 12 and 13 year.

Also the west of Scotland, Wales and West of England enjoying the best of

the sunshine. At this time of year, the sun makes all the difference.

Ten services is typical for many parts of Northern Ireland. It will

not be sunny everywhere tomorrow. The south-west is the best the

sunshine. It was enough coast and East Coast as well, there is a cool

breeze on shore and similar low cloud will return again before the

day is out. It will hang around on Friday night and into the weekend.

We're expecting quite dry and settled conditions this weekend but

there will be more cloud at times. So where you get the sun, yes, there

will be a bit of heat and it will be pleasant but at times under the

cloud, it will be quite cool in the breeze. But at least it is staying

dry and it will be plenty of chances to get out and about.

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