Man charged over security alert which saw Simon Coveney evacuated from Belfast event

Screengrab taken from video issued by the Hume Foundation of Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, being ushered from the room due to a security alert whilst he was speaking at a peacebuilding event organised by the John and Pat Hume Foundation at The Houben Centre, Belfast. Picture: Hume Foundation/PA

A man has been charged with a number of offences relating to a security alert in Belfast which led to Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney being removed from a peace event.

Mr Coveney was evacuated from an event organised by the John and Pat Hume Foundation in north Belfast last Friday.