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Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan is spending her last day in office after seven years' service.Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan is spending her last day in office after seven years' service.
She pioneered the role, aimed at providing an independent complaints service for the public about the conduct of the police.She pioneered the role, aimed at providing an independent complaints service for the public about the conduct of the police.
She has dealt with the police investigation into the Omagh bomb, collusion cases and fatal shootings.She has dealt with the police investigation into the Omagh bomb, collusion cases and fatal shootings.
Mrs O'Loan is succeeded by Al Hutchinson, the former police oversight commissioner for Northern Ireland.Mrs O'Loan is succeeded by Al Hutchinson, the former police oversight commissioner for Northern Ireland.
She admitted the last seven years had been difficult.
"I am a human being and I have been affected by things like the attacks on my children," Mrs O'Loan said.
"I was distressed by Sir Ronnie's (Flannagan) response to the Omagh report.
"But a job has to be done and you don't desist from doing a job because people are trying to divert you from the job by attacking you personally or attacking your family personally."