Loyalist paramilitary feud cost over €5.7million to police, Belfast court told

An ongoing loyalist paramilitary feud in the North that has claimed the lives of two men this year has cost more than £5million (€5.7million) to police, a court has heard.

The resourcing bill for policing the dispute between factions of the South East Antrim Ulster Defence Association (UDA) was revealed as a 32-year-old man was remanded in custody charged with the murder of one of the feud victims - loyalist George Gilmore.