More than half the houses in Belfast are without water as a result of an explosion at a water supply area.

Don McManus reports that the reduced supply has serious health implications for the city and its residents. The police have a lead on who is responsible but nobody has been charged to date.

RTÉ News reports on the reduced water supply in Belfast as a result of the bombing broadcast on 24 April 1969.

The photograph accompanying this clip shows RTÉ reporter Don McManus.

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