Northern Ireland healthcare workers stage strike in pay dispute

Unison, Nipsa and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service workers on strike outside City Hall (Claudia Savage/PA)

Hundreds of healthcare workers from across Northern Ireland have gone on strike as part of an ongoing dispute over pay.

Unison and Nipsa members, including representatives from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) protested at Belfast City Hall after the Northern Ireland Department of Health said it could not make them a formal pay offer.