Families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster have announced they are to seek new inquests.
He replaces Sir Norman Bettison who resigned after criticism of his role in the Hillsborough disaster.
Sir Irvine was criticised in the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report on the Hillsborough disaster published on 12 September.
But Phil Hammond, who lost his 14-year-old son in the Hillsborough disaster described the association's stance as "unbelievable".
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The Carmarthenshire Safety Committee was set-up after national guidelines for sports stadiums were introduced following the Hillsborough disaster.
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Fundraisers have finished a 96-mile run in memory of the 96 football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster.
But he was later confirmed as a source for the Sun in smearing Liverpool fans after the Hillsborough disaster.
South Yorkshire's chief constable accused a group representing Hillsborough Disaster victims and their families of lying, it has emerged.
That it has taken 23 years to explain the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath is a scandal in itself.
Cameron's apology on behalf of the government was the first offered to those whose lives were devastated by the Hillsborough disaster.
The government will pay the legal costs incurred by the families of Hillsborough disaster victims at new inquests into their deaths.
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Margaret Thatcher had concerns that a report into the Hillsborough disaster constituted a "devastating criticism" of police, newly released papers show.
Proceeds from the single go to the campaign run by the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
No individual or organisation has been successfully prosecuted over the Hillsborough disaster.
The families of victims of the Hillsborough disaster have welcomed the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire's announcement that he is to retire.
Fundraisers are planning to run 96 miles from Sheffield to Liverpool in memory of the 96 football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster.
It follows the resignation of Sir Norman Bettison who left the post after an investigation into his role in an inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster.
She said it has the words "Hillsborough Disaster - we will remember them" around its perimeter and two plaques bearing the names of the victims.
But it was beaten to the festive top spot by the Hillsborough disaster tribute single, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by the Justice Collective.
One of her first jobs was in Liverpool, where she spent five years learning to be a reporter and producer, covering stories like the Hillsborough disaster.
The names of 1, 444 former and serving police officers have been passed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission as part of its investigation into the Hillsborough disaster.
First there was the judicial inquiry into the Hillsborough disaster which resulted in the Taylor Report in 1990 which blamed poor policing and recommended all-seater stadiums.
Mr Bettison left the post after an investigation was launched into his role in an internal inquiry conducted by South Yorkshire Police at the time of the Hillsborough disaster.
This followed an apology from Mr Crompton last week when he said he had not intended "to challenge the integrity and views of those who lost loved ones in the Hillsborough disaster".
"A mother who wouldn't give up", Anne Williams spent the last 23 years of her life fighting to see justice done for her son Kevin, who died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
The police use legislation originally introduced in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, in which 96 football fans lost their lives in a crush at one end of the ground.
He said in Lord Justice Taylor's report into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster in which 96 Liverpool football fans died, the fact the supporters were standing was not highlighted as a cause of fatalities.
Former BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Winton Cooper was found by police at his cottage in Marnhull, near Sturminster Newton, on the 22nd anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster, which he had reported on in 1989.
Kenny Dalglish, who was manager of Liverpool on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, said her death was "really sad but for her a release from her suffering and a chance to see her boy again".
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Under the plans in the bill, experts from the Football Licensing Authority (FLA), which was set up in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster, would be allowed to advise on safety at stadiums used for other sports.
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