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FORMER NORTHERN Ireland Police Ombudsman Dame Nuala O’Loan has been appointed to the British House of Lords to serve on its cross benches, it was announced yesterday.

Dame Nuala, who is also the Irish Government’s special envoy in East Timor, said she was “deeply honoured” by the appointment and hoped her experience would be of value to the House of Lords.