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Derry accountant Áine Gallagher has been appointed to the board of the body charged with redeveloping the former Maze/Long Kesh prison site.

Ms. Gallagher was among six appointees to the board of the Board of the Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation (MLKDC) announced by the Executive Office this week.

The MLKDC was set up in 2012 with a view to regenerating the former jail and maximising its economic, historical and reconciliation potential.

She will serve for a term of five years alongside fellow appointees Mark Adrain, Diana Fitzsimons, Kevin Gamble, Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Maurice Johnston.

The former Maze/Long Kesh site outside Lisburn. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Ms. Gallagher is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland, a Board Member of Tourism NI (with remuneration of £5,435 p.a.) and a Director of St. Columb’s Diocesan Trust (voluntary).

Previous roles held include Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and Non-Executive Advisory Group Member of the Northern Ireland Audit Office, Director of Finance and Corporate Services for Northern Ireland Hospice and Director of Operations for Culture Company 2013 Ltd.

Áine Gallagher appointed to Maze/Long Kesh redevelopment board