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Niall Deeney

Bill Clinton quotes Lyra McKee and urges Derry audience to 'say goodbye to bomb and bullet'

Former US president Bill Clinton quoted the late journalist Lyra McKee in a speech in Derry on Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of her death.

He returned to the city he famously brought to a standstill in the 1990s in what was the first ever US Presidential visit to Derry.

In a keynote address at an event in the Guildhall honouring the late John Hume and David Trimble, the former president quoted Lyra McKee as he urged the mostly youthful audience to "say goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all."

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