Maurice Hayes
Political Analyst, Chair and Mediator

A native of County Down, Maurice Hayes is a graduate in Literature and in Law of Queen’s University.  He has spent most of his life working in the public service in Northern Ireland, variously as Town Clerk, as Head of Human Resources, Northern Ireland Civil Service, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services, and Northern Ireland Ombudsman. He was first Chairman of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission and a member of the Human Rights Commission. He has acted as Electoral Boundary Commissioner, as Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Constitutional Convention, and as Chair of a body to review acute hospital services.

Dr Hayes served as a member of Lord Patten’s Commission to reform policing in Northern Ireland, and authored the report which led to the establishment of the office of Police Ombudsman.  He has also advised and produced reports on management issues in an Garda Siochana , leading to the appointment of a Garda Ombudsman Commission and a Garda Inspectorate.

He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, and holds honorary Doctorates from four Irish and one American University.

Maurice Hayes served for ten years as an Independent member of Seanad Eireann, on the nomination of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and from 2001-2009 was Chair of the Irish National Forum on Europe.

He has been, at various times, Governor of the Linenhall Library, Member of Senate of Queen’s University, Chairman of the Ireland Funds and member of the Ulster Countryside Committee.

He is married with five children. In his younger days he was an interprovincial hurler, and managed a County Down gaelic football team to win four national titles. He now relaxes with books, theatre, gardening and French wine

He has published three books of memoirs Sweet Killough let go your anchor, Black Puddings with slim and Minority Verdict as well as numerous articles and papers on conflict resolution and other aspects of social policy. He is a regular political columnist and book reviewer in the Irish Independent and the Belfast Telegraph.

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