"So in all of that, let's not have a message going out that patient safety was compromised - it wasn't, " Mr Poots added.

BBC: Ulster Hospital

And right before the ball dropped, he said, I'm going to say a message to fans: You guys out there - those players out there are working their butts off - and you sit there and boo them.

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