Once a request for an investigation has been accepted, the Commission is under a legal duty to carry out an investigation. The Commission will be open about investigations in the information recovery stage where it can, especially for the purposes of obtaining evidence through witnesses coming forward with new information and so that members of the public with a legal right to see the draft report can make themselves known to the Commission.
Our table of current cases therefore does not reflect every case that is being investigated, rather it reflects those which requesting individuals have agreed can be made public and which the Commission has assessed likewise following evaluation against the relevant criteria.
There may be reasons, such as prejudice to obtaining evidence, threat to life or other matters which mean that the fact of an investigation being underway is not published. Such decisions are kept under review, and in any event the final report from the investigation will always become public.
Providing information
If you have any information about our live investigations, please contact ICRIR Information Recovery.
This Charter summarises the standards of care you can expect from the Commission if we ask you to give information or evidence about an event related to the Troubles/Conflict that we are investigating.
Draft reports
Those who consider they may have a legal right to see the draft report, such as a victim or close family member of the deceased, should contact ICRIR Case Support.
Current cases at the information recovery stage:
This table does not reflect every case that is being investigated, rather it reflects those which requesting individuals have agreed can be made public and which the Commission has assessed likewise following evaluation against the relevant criteria.
| An investigation into the Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974. | Published 9 September 2024 |
| An investigation into the shooting of Alexander Millar at Ardoyne Bus Station on 2 May 1975. | Published 11 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the killing of James Oliver (Seamus) Bradley on 31 July 1972. | Published 11 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the killing of James and Ellen Sefton on Ballygomartin Road, Belfast, on 6 June 1990. | Published 11 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the shooting of Thomas Sheppard in Ballymena on 21 March 1996. | Published 11 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the killing of Rory T O’Kelly in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone on 4 March 1977. | Published 29 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the shooting of William Marchant on Shankill Road on 28 April 1987. | Published 29 November 2024 |
| An investigation into the killing of a soldier whilst on duty. | Published 11 December 2024 |
| An investigation into the shooting of a part-time soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment. | Published 11 December 2024 |
Separately the Commission regularly publishes overall data about the investigations in its Support, Information Recovery and Findings stages and other relevant information about requests made, accepted and refused. The Commission will not confirm the identity of a requesting individual, but such individuals may themselves decide to make their request public.