Members of the National Union of Journalists at Alpha Newspapers in Northern Ireland will strike for three days from Thursday 21 April in a dispute over trade union recognition and pay.

The NUJ claims that many journalists employed on the titles earn less than £15,000 a year and it says that around a third earn the minimum ‘living wage’ of £7.85 per hour.

Titles involved include  the Coleraine Chronicle and Tyrone Constitution, the Antrim and Ballymena Guardian, the Newry Democrat, the Ulster Gazette and the County Down Outlook.