Clinton still box office material

IT says a lot about Bill Clinton that, four years after leaving office, he still commands the type of adulation that his successor can only dream of.

William Jefferson Clinton is still box office. He may be more gaunt since his bypass operation. But with the instincts of the born politician, with his shock of grey hair, with his bright emerald tie, he still cuts an extraordinary dash.

More than 1,000 people attended City West last night to hear former President Clinton speak at the 500 RehabCare gala banquet which Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, FG leader Enda Kenny and former SDLP leader John Hume attended that raised €500,000 towards RehabCare's suicide prevention programme for young people.