Remembrance Sunday marked across UK

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has laid a laurel wreath at the site of an IRA Remembrance Sunday bombing in Northern Ireland.

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Published 12th Nov 2017

It is 30 years since the attack at the Cenotaph in Enniskillen in Co Fermanagh killed 11 people outright and left 68 injured, while a 12th victim, Ronnie Hill, died after spending 13 years in a coma.

Mr Varadkar was continuing the tradition of his predecessor as Irish premier, Enda Kenny, in attending the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

DUP leader Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, and Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable George Hamilton also laid tributes.

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The US government's representative in Northern Ireland, Dan Lawton, also placed a floral wreath beside the monument to the fallen.

He helped a frail elderly veteran by the arm.

Various military representatives placed tributes.

A band played the Last Post and the street was thronged with onlookers.

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The event remembers those who died in the First World War, Second World War and later conflicts.

Afterwards a service was held in St Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen.

Northern Ireland fans in Basel for the second leg of their World Cup Qualifying tie also laid wreaths to pay their respects.

And the annual service and ceremony was held at Belfast City Hall as well.