Parole Board CEO: 'What keeps me from my sleep is not being able to contact a victim'

Kerrywoman Ciarín de Buis is the CEO of the new Parole Board, and she’s determined to do things differently, writes Liz Dunphy

'I want to see a parole system that protects communities, is fair to applicants and protects victims,' says Ciairín de Buis, CEO of the Parole Board. Picture: Moya Nolan

The CEO of the new Parole Board has appealed for victims of serious crime to get in touch if they wish to influence a life-sentence prisoner’s likelihood of being granted parole.

It is the first time in Irish history that the Parole Board has reached out and invited victims and their families to directly influence its decisions and to have a voice in the parole process.