Gerry Murphy, Assistant General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, addresses union members exterior Belfast City Hall, Belfast, as an estimated 150,000 staff participate in walkouts over pay throughout Northern Ireland. The strike is about to have a serious affect with faculties closed, hospitals providing solely Christmas Day-level companies, public transport cancelled in addition to restricted gritting of the roads in zero-degree temperatures. Picture date: Thursday January 18, 2024.

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