Yes, seems I was testing only with kernel 4.4 which works. But not with 3.14.Anyway, download LibreELEC-imx6.arm-8.0.1-sr-3.14.img.gz (27-Mar-2017 15:19 142322090 bytes) file again and update with it. After that IR should work.
Perfect. My remote is now working. Everything else seems to be working well as far as i can tell so far.
Thanks!