Lough Neagh: Protestors call for urgent action

The lake, which supplies 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water has been blighted by toxic algae.

Campaigners gathered in Belfast city centre on Saturday to call for urgent action to save Lough Neagh.

Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland, has been blighted by toxic blue-green algae since June.James Orr, director of Friends of the Earth in Northern Ireland, said Lough Neagh should be "our heartland".

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