DEBATE around the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) has until now largely focused on its credibility as a body to investigate Troubles killings.

Created under the widely-condemned Legacy Act by the last Conservative government, it has been rejected by some victims groups and is due to be reformed and renamed under a new framework announced by the British and Irish governments.

Questions around its independence, including disclosure of material to bereaved families, have been the subject of several court rulings, culminating in a Supreme Court judgment in favour of the British government last week.

However, there will now huge concern at the findings of a review of the organisation which identified problems with financial........

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