Former police officer Peter Sheridan is taking up the post at the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.
Peter Sheridan is giving up his current role as head of peace-building charity Co-operation Ireland
Former senior police officer Peter Sheridan said he had done a lot of soul-searching before applying for the job Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has indicated that the Irish government is seeking legal advice on whether to launch an inter-state legal challenge to the Bill at the European Court of Human Rights.
Asked about concerns among victims over his past service with the RUC, he said: “It is not unusual in the divided nature of this society that will be the case with people, but I have spent the past 15 years in peace and reconciliation crossing all of the divides to want to make this a better place.
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