Thousands took to the streets to mark the annual celebration
The PSNI have confirmed that there were eight arrests in relation to the Twelfth of July celebrations yesterday.
In recent years, the Orange Order have been promoting a message of the day being about 'the battle not the bottle'.A PSNI spokesperson said: "There was just one arrest directly related to Twelfth of July parades and a further 7 arrests during the course of the day in the vicinity of, or after, parades."
The Ambulance Service also said that 11 paramedics were assaulted over the Twelfth period. In one incident, five staff members were punched, kicked, bitten and spat at at a bonfire site in the Carrickfergus area.
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