Christine Campbell
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Yes, it is impacting quite a lot of people at the moment.
CiarΓ‘n, I just want to firstly say that my heart goes out to Sultan and Muhammad at this moment in time and to all those people who have been displaced due to not peaceful protest in Northern Ireland, but rioting in Northern Ireland last night.
I have a cancer patient and I use public transport quite a lot.
And my mother-in-law is actually in hospital at the moment.
And my partner went to access public transport, the glider service, which you've seen one of the buses was burnt out last night.
And when he got to the park and ride service, there was a sign up saying...
Transport had been suspended and I can fully understand that to protect the drivers of those vehicles.
But there was also young people standing who had been let out of school early because of rumours of possible rioting later on today.
There was elderly people stranded as well who were looking to travel to hospital to appointments.
And also to visit loved ones who were in hospital.
And these children have been sent home early for their safety.
And it's just absolutely ridiculous that they can't get home just at this moment in time because public transport has been suspended.
But I can understand the reasons for that.
I am a cancer patient myself.
I have a life-limited prognosis.
So every minute is precious to me.
The glider service is a service which actually goes from East Belfast to West Belfast and back again.