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| Police ombudsman leaves her post | Police ombudsman leaves her post |
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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. | 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 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. | "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." | "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." |
| Mrs O'Loan was appointed police ombudsman in October 1999 and started work in the job the following summer. | |
| The ombudsman's office has 128 staff and a budget of about £10m. |