Obituaries of English civil servant Joan Tapsfield appear in leading Irish newspapers

Obituaries of the English civil servant Joan Tapsfield, who died on 11 April two days before her 98th birthday, have appeared in The Irish Times, Dublin, and the Irish News, Belfast, on Saturday 14 May. Both obituaries were drafted by Dr Roddy Evans from Belfast.

Fin de un capítulo en Irlanda del Norte

El Dr Roddy Evans escribe desde Irlanda del Norte sobre la publicación de un nuevo reporte oficial de los eventos del "Domingo Sangriento" , el 30 de enero de 1972, cuando las tropas británicas mataron a 1 civiles en Derry/Londonderry. El 15 de junio, cuando se publicó el reporte, el Primer Ministro David Cameron, en nombre de su Gobierno, se disculpó en la Cámara de los Comunes, con las afligidas familias.

End of a chapter in Northern Ireland

Dr Roddy Evans writes from Northern Ireland about the publication of a new official report into the events of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on 30 January 1972 when British troops killed 14 civilians in Derry/Londonderry. On 15 June when the report was published, Prime Minister David Cameron, apologized in the House of Commons to the bereaved families on behalf of his Government.