NI Water confirm unions have agreed to formally end the industrial dispute

Details have emerged of the pay deal struck by NI Water employees following a five week work to rule strike during the winter.

Unions are claiming a huge victory saying the deal exceeds the Stormont pay cap and secures additional pension protections.

Thousands of customers were affected by disruption to their domestic water supply during the industrial action in December and January.

At one stage during the strike, 9,000 homes and businesses were without water, mostly in counties Tyrone, Londonderry and Fermanagh.

Ryan McKinney from trade union NIPSA and NI Conservatives' spokesman, Mark Brotherston