Security alert amid RIR parade

The Royal Irish Regiment paraded through Larne

A suspicious object which caused a security in Larne on Saturday morning has been described by police as an "elaborate hoax".

The alert, in Agnew Street, was close to Larne's council offices where the freedom of the borough was being conferred on the Royal Irish Regiment.

The ceremony took place at about 1230 GMT and a council spokesperson said the event was not affected.

Crowds of people lined the streets for the regiment's parade through Larne.

Meanwhile, there is an ongoing security alert on the railway line between Larne and Whitehead.

And a suspicious object found at Main Street in Glenavy has been described as an elaborate hoax.

It follows an alert in the County Antrim village on Friday night, which was also declared a hoax.