Thousands of public sector workers have taken to the streets across Northern Ireland in the biggest strike action in the region's recent history.A mass rally in Belfast heard calls for Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris to release pay awards for workers and also for the DUP to end its boycott of Stormont.

Thousands of public sector workers have taken to the streets across Northern Ireland in the biggest strike action in the region's recent history.A mass rally in Belfast heard calls for Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris to release pay awards for workers and also for the DUP to end its boycott of Stormont.