Body set up to investigate cases from Northern Ireland Troubles registers 85 enquiries

The scene outside the Beavpont Arms, in the Co Derry village of Claudy on July 31, 1972, after three car bombs exploded killing nine people, including mother-of-eight Rose McLaughlin. File photo

A new body tasked with investigating outstanding cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles has registered 85 enquiries since becoming operational earlier this year.

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information (ICRIR) was created by the previous government’s controversial Legacy Act which halted scores of civil litigation and inquests into Troubles deaths.