“After all the breath he expended cursing the British over the years, he worked with two Prime Ministers and shook hands with the Queen!”
Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States, spoke evocatively at the funeral of the late Martin McGuinness, the former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, who died on Tuesday morning at the age of 66.
Clinton spoke with candour about the political situation in the North and invited a round of applause for Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, following his address in Washington last week, which was widely seen as a statement against Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
He also thanked Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland, for attending the funeral of a man who was one of the IRA’s leading figures before peace broke out.
Overall, he spoke warmly of McGuinness’s efforts to find peace in Northern Ireland and for finding a key place in the Irish political sphere.
Bill Clinton's full speech at the funeral of Martin McGuinness https://t.co/9poLXrLATi
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 23, 2017
