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Watch: St Patrick's Day parties cleared from Belfast park  A police vehicle surrounded by people out celebrating in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, on St Patrick's Day. Rebecca Black and David Young, PA 17 March, 2021 19:39  Members of the PSNI on patrol in the Holy Land district in Belfast, on St Patrick's Day. Crowds holding St Patrick’s Day parties at a Belfast park have been cleared from the area. Police closed down Botanic Gardens in the south of the city after hundreds of young people had gathered on Wednesday. Prior to the police interv...

Earlier, First Minister Arlene Foster said that St Patrick’s Day celebrations must be different this year amid the ongoing pandemic. “I think most people see St Patrick’s Day as a day to come together with others and we are concerned that particularly in some of the places where we would see crowds gathering, that people would do that again this year,” she told the BBC. “We are sending out a very strong message, that people should of course mark St Patrick’s Day but they should do it in a way that doesn’t cause problems later on in the month. So they should do it with their fami...

Queen sends 'best wishes' to Irish President Michael Higgins and Irish people She also made mention of her 2011 trip to Ireland, which she remembers 'fondly'  Mr Higgins responds by offering 'warmest appreciation for your good wishes' The message was sent ahead of St Patrick's day, which takes place tomorrow  It comes as PSNI bring in hundreds of extra officers ahead of St Patrick's Day 

Belfast house party described as "disappointing" by PSNI "Rest assured, where people are deliberately flouting or recklessly breaching regulations they can expect to be penalised." Updated PSNI stock (Image: Press Eye) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ...

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has announced that existing MOT temporary exemption certificates (TECs) for some vehicle groups will be extended by a further four months. Existing TECs applied to eligible private cars, light goods vehicles and motorcycles aged 4-9 years will be extended by a further four months from the date the existing exemption ends. Four year old cars and motorcycles and three year old light goods vehicles due a first time test will have a four month TEC applied from the date their first MOT is due. New TECs or extensions to existing TECs will be applied automati...