Thousands Without Water In Northern Ireland

Nearly 8,000 homes in Northern Ireland remain without water due to industrial action over pensions. Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh have been worst-affected after staff voted to withdraw on-call services. Representatives from NI Water and the unions have been meeting at the Labour Relations Agency, with both sides saying they would remain there overnight in a bid to resolve the crisis. In a statement, NI Water said it regretted that 7,750 properties in west Tyrone and Fermanagh were without their