QUEEN'S University has criticised a Belfast nightclub's publicity stunt in which students were sent fake eviction notices.
The notice was delivered to properties on Monday night in the mainly student Holylands area.
Addressed to tenants and disguised as an official university letter, it claims they are being evicted because of anti-social behaviour on St Patrick's Day.
But the letter ends by revealing itself as a hoax, saying, "Hope we had you there for a second, now that weekend absolute mayhem is over!"
It then encourages students to bring the letter to city nightclub Foundry for a free shot of alcohol.
The promotion follows last week's significant policing operation in the Holylands as drink-fuelled crowds gathered for St Patrick's Day.
Fifteen arrests were made in the Holylands and city centre over the holiday for a range of public order offences.
The hoax letter's masthead resembles the Queen's University (QUB) logo.
A QUB spokeswoman said: "The distribution of this inappropriate promotional material is unacceptable and we have alerted Belfast City Council."
A Foundry spokesman apologised, saying the hoax was by an "over exuberant outside promoter".
"This promotion was carried out without our knowledge or consent and Foundry would would like to make it clear we take our place in the community and our duties to tackling anti-social behaviour seriously," he said.
"These have been the actions of an over exuberant outside promoter, however we would still like to extend our apologies to anyone caused any inconvenience or distress by this letter."
In 2015 another Belfast nightspot, El Divino, apologised for placing fake parking tickets on cars in the Holylands.
