Revellers started a large street fire and battled police and fire crews who tried to intervene after St Patrick’s Day celebrations got out of hand in a town in Canada.

Revellers started a large street fire and battled with police and fire crews who tried to intervene after St Patrick’s Day celebrations got out of hand in a town in Canada, authorities said last night.

Roadstone, a leading Irish building materials company, has been fined €17,500 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaches of health and safety legislation over five years ago which left two electricians with burns.