The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it had "commenced a significant and complex policing operation" to remove a "hate display".

William Brown, from East Street in Newtownards, was given a suspended custodial sentence earlier this year.

Demolition work was carried out on the derelict listed Georgian building in Ballycastle earlier this week.

Members of Unite the Union have been on strike for five weeks in what is said to be the first industrial action at the company in more than 40 years.

The costs included boarding up doors and windows, removing downpipes and clearing up ash and debris after the burning of the pyres.