In Enniskillen, Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn were among those who gathered to commemorate the war dead and also remember those killed in an IRA bomb at the Co Fermanagh town’s war memorial in 1987.

In Dublin, outgoing Irish President Michael D Higgins marked his penultimate day in office by laying a wreath at a remembrance service at St Patrick’s Cathedral.

Similar events were held elsewhere on the island as part of the commemorations to mark the 107th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

In Belfast, hundreds of people gathered in the Garden of Remembrance at City Hall and on the streets outside as members of the armed forces and representatives from associated organisations participated in the service to remember those who died in confli

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