NI Human Rights Chief Commissioner to step down next year
Pete Baker on August 23, 2010, 5:03 pm | Readers 22
The BBC reports that Monica McWilliams, Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission [NIHRC], 2009 total operating costs £1,766,407, is to step down next August – 1 year earlier than planned. Presumably this year’s budget is already in place?
News of [Monica McWilliams’] early departure comes as the Northern Ireland Office seeks 25% funding cuts and blocks additional funding from a US-based charity.
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