Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, one of the most distinguished civil servants in Northern Ireland’s history, has died at the age of 94.

After retiring from full-time work, he remained committed to public service and took on roles helping victims of violence and their families.

His career as a civil servant started during the Stormont Parliament in the 1950s.

He later became cabinet secretary to the short-lived 1974 power-sharing executive and head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service from 1984 to 1991.

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