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O'Loan: 'I was going to quit' O'Loan: 'I was going to resign'
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Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has revealed how she nearly quit after two of her sons were attacked.Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has revealed how she nearly quit after two of her sons were attacked.
But her family insisted she continue with the often controversial job, she told RTE Radio on Saturday.But her family insisted she continue with the often controversial job, she told RTE Radio on Saturday.
"When your little boy is brought home, someone having stood on his head - that's very troubling," she said."When your little boy is brought home, someone having stood on his head - that's very troubling," she said.
Last year, another of Mrs O'Loan's five sons was knocked unconscious after being hit on the head with an iron bar in north Belfast.Last year, another of Mrs O'Loan's five sons was knocked unconscious after being hit on the head with an iron bar in north Belfast.
Mrs O'Loan lost her unborn baby in 1977 after surviving an IRA bomb attack at the then Ulster Polytechnic in Jordanstown where she worked as a law lecturer.Mrs O'Loan lost her unborn baby in 1977 after surviving an IRA bomb attack at the then Ulster Polytechnic in Jordanstown where she worked as a law lecturer.
"The fact that my child was deprived of life, because somebody decided that we were all dispensable in some cause, was enormously hard to deal with," she said."The fact that my child was deprived of life, because somebody decided that we were all dispensable in some cause, was enormously hard to deal with," she said.
People said to me that if I reported what the evidence was showing I would destroy the peace process Nuala O'LoanPeople said to me that if I reported what the evidence was showing I would destroy the peace process Nuala O'Loan
The English-born qualified solicitor drew most controversy in her role asombudsman when her investigation into the police handling of the Omagh bombing found the security forces had two prior warnings. The English-born qualified solicitor drew most controversy in her role as ombudsman when her investigation into the police handling of the Omagh bombing found the security forces had two prior warnings.
Her findings that top-ranking police had failed the 29 people killed and their families were sharply rebuked by then Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan and unionist politicians.Her findings that top-ranking police had failed the 29 people killed and their families were sharply rebuked by then Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan and unionist politicians.
"People said to me that if I reported what the evidence was showing I would destroy the peace process and that's some pressure when you've been ombudsman for a year," she said about the time."People said to me that if I reported what the evidence was showing I would destroy the peace process and that's some pressure when you've been ombudsman for a year," she said about the time.