Category: Appointments

The ICRIR's new Chief Executive and Commissioner Louise Warde Hunter said today she was ‘honoured’ to lead the independent Commission and pledged to support the victims, survivors and families who have asked the Commission to seek answers for them.

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery has today outlined how it will continue investigations into the deaths resulting from the Troubles/Conflict in Northern Ireland, which were subject to Advanced stage Inquests and not able to conclude before 1 May.

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery is today inviting the public to have their say on how it can embed a continuous trauma informed approach when its operations begin.

Kate Meynell, Chair of the National Police Chiefs Council Homicide Working Group and Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police will chair a new External Assurance Group (EAG) that will independently scrutinise the Commission’s proposed methodologies and approaches for carrying out its investigations.

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery is now recruiting for frontline roles who will provide support to requesting victims, survivors and their families and who will carry out the ICRIR’s investigations. It is seeking experienced professionals to carry out these new roles, following a trauma informed approach. This is part of preparatory work to hire and train dedicated and expert officers to carry out the Commission’s work from the summer.

The Rt Hon Sir Declan Morgan has been identified as Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has confirmed today, 11 May.