Relatives of some of those killed in the Enniskillen Poppy Day bombing 10 years ago have dismissed comments made by the Sinn Fein president, Mr Gerry Adams, at the weekend when he said he was "sorry" about what had happened at Enniskillen. Mrs Margaret Veitch, whose parents Billy and Nessie Mullan were among the 11 people killed in the IRA bomb attack, said it was "10 years too late" for Mr Adams to say he was sorry. "He said he was sorry, but he didn't actually apologise. There is a difference," she said, after a ceremony at the Cenotaph yesterday.
Her sister, Mrs Joan Anderson, who now lives in America, said she was "very bitter" about the support Irish Americans gave to Republicans.
In a BBC interview on Saturday, Mr Adams said: "I am deeply sorry about what happened at Enniskillen, but we can only have a guarantee of a peaceful future when we tackle the root causes of the conflict and when we resolve them."
The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames, who was in Enniskillen on the day of the bombing, yesterday praised the people of the town for the courage and the Christian example they had shown.
Meanwhile, nationalist residents in Bellaghy, Co Derry, called off plans to stage a protest against a British Legion parade.
In Belfast, the Remembrance Day ceremony at City Hall was led by the Lord Mayor, Mr Alban Maginness, of the SDLP and the Duchess of Kent.