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The Latest Breaking News from the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Culture of ‘fear’ at speaking out found within legacy body

An interim report fund some feared what they said to a reviewer ‘will become known and result in negative consequences for them’.

Evening Standard

Irish government failure to pass files to legacy body ‘extremely frustrating’

Sir Declan Morgan, the chief commissioner of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), made the claim to MPs.

Evening Standard

Springhill ‘proof legacy inquests can deliver truth for families’

One relative has contended the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery cannot deliver for families.

Evening Standard

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Not holding Birmingham pub bombs public inquiry is outrageous – victim’s sister

Julie Hambleton, whose sister Maxine lost her life in the 1974 attacks, said it was a ‘disgraceful’ way to treat grieving families.

Evening Standard

Hopes that ICRIR can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb

The body has also been asked to look into the IRA murder of an ambulance worker in Belfast in1980.

Evening Standard

Legacy body appeals for witnesses to deaths of man and woman during Troubles

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery said their families have spent decades waiting for answers.

Evening Standard

ICRIR given advice over enabling potential meetings for victims and perpetrators

Sir Declan Morgan said it is something that would be victim-led and done ‘astonishingly carefully’.

Evening Standard

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Victims urge boycott of new Troubles legacy body during protest at its office

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery was established as part of the last government’s contentious Legacy Act.

Evening Standard

Legacy body carrying out 50 investigations into 96 deaths

The ICRIR was created by the controversial Legacy Act which halted scores of civil cases and inquests into Troubles deaths.

The Independent UK

Legacy body sorry after 25 names disclosed in data breach

The ICRIR said no sensitive information had been disclosed but said an internal investigation is now under way.

Evening Standard

Relatives of IRA’s Teebane atrocity seek answers from legacy body

Eight men were killed in the roadside bomb attack in 1992 in Co Tyrone.

Evening Standard

First reports from new Northern Ireland legacy body expected in autumn

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) is currently looking into 24 cases.

The Independent UK

UK and Irish governments commit to finding ‘way through’ legacy disagreements

Labour committed to repealing and replacing the Legacy Act but have kept the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

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