Clintons jeered on leaving Enniskillen

Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, were jeered when they left Enniskillen without saying goodbye to a crowd…

Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, were jeered when they left Enniskillen without saying goodbye to a crowd of around 130 people who had gathered to see them yesterday.

Crowds waited for around two hours outside the Clinton Centre for International Peace at the site of the IRA's Remembrance Day bomb blast in 1987 which killed 11 people.

However, they were disappointed when the Clintons left the international peace centre after spending an hour and a half meeting people involved in voluntary and youth work.

The crowd groaned as the motorcade left the town without the couple crossing the road to shake their hands.

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Some members of the public managed to greet the Clintons when they arrived and obtained their signatures, but there were boos as the motorcade left Enniskillen.

"Don't come back," one teenager yelled.

The Clintons were carrying out their last engagement of their two-day visit to Northern Ireland.

They met Northern Ireland politicians in Belfast on Thursday, urging them to take the final steps towards lasting devolution before talks next month involving the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, and the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern.

Mrs Clinton, the senator for New York, also took part in a conference of women's leaders in Belfast before delivering a lecture at the University of Ulster's Magee College campus in Derry.

The former US President brought Belfast city centre to a standstill at a book signing of his autobiography, My Life. - (PA)