Mounting the new inquest into the fatalities in the Stardust fire will require special resources as it is going to be the biggest inquest ever in this country, the solicitor representing the families of the 48 victims has said.

The families and survivors of the 1981 Stardust fire in Dublin have received confirmation from the Attorney General that he will grant a new inquest into the blaze that killed 48 people.

In 2006 the fearless investigative journalist Mary Raftery documented a protest by Stardust victims families at the site of the disaster in Dublin’s Artane district, describing how a passerby commented: “It’s time to move on.”

One of the Grenfell fire investigators and other international experts have thrown their support behind calls by the Stardust fire families for fresh inquests into the deaths of their loved ones.

He decided to take early retirement five years ago following 38 years as Ireland’s most prolific newsman. But Charlie Bird has not taken up any new hobby, or — perish the thought — golf.

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Dublin Fire Brigade is investigating 25 private rental properties specifically reported to the service.

An investigation into mother and baby homes could be widened to take in far more institutions as the Government has ordered a scoping exercise into the scandal.

The Stardust fire was worst tragedy of its kind to hit the country, writes Michael Clifford.

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The Cabinet became embroiled in a “hot and heavy” row yesterday over whether to grant a fresh State inquiry into the 1981 Stardust tragedy at its weekly meeting yesterday.

The Dáil fell silent in remembrance of the victims of the Berkeley tragedy after party leaders paid tributes to the dead.

Questions still remain about the cause of the Stardust fire in 1981 in which 48 people lost their lives. Caroline O’Doherty says the families of those who died are still seeking answers

Families who lost loved ones in the Stardust fire are pinning their hopes on the newly appointed justice minister for a fresh inquiry into the disaster.

A group lobbying for a new inquiry into the Stardust fire will today publish for the first time sections of a draft report they claim supports their request.

Letters have been handed into the Taoiseach and the Justice Minister calling on them to look at new evidence in the Stardust disaster.

RELATIVES of the victims of the Stardust tragedy have expressed surprise that a supermarket group has applied to build an outlet on the site of the 1981 inferno, in which 48 people died.

THE European Court of Human Rights has asked the state to respond to several questions over its handling of official investigations into the Stardust fire tragedy.

Families of those who perished in the Stardust fire say they are quietly confident that their campaign for justice is drawing to a close.

GERTRUDE Barrett popped into Arnott’s on the way to Government Buildings yesterday to pick up two pairs of extra-thick ski socks in the sale.

Campaigners for a new inquiry in to the Stardust disaster said today they had the “strongest case possible” in their quest for justice.

The Taoiseach is being called on to confirm that a new examiner is being appointed to review evidence into the Stardust fire.

A mass is being held this morning to mark the 27th anniversary of the Stardust fire that killed 48 young people.

Families of the Stardust tragedy victims insisted today they are being kept in the dark by the Government about delays to an independent inquiry.

A survivor of a nightclub blaze tragedy today insisted families of the victims were not interested in compensation from the Government.

Relatives of the 48 people who died in the Stardust fire will demonstrate outside the Dáil tonight from 8pm until 2am to mark the 26th anniversary of the fire.

THE Stardust fire victims’ DNA exhumation is to be welcomed.

THE relatives of the Stardust fire victims are right to protest until they are granted a new inquiry. There are still many questions that the original tribunal didn’t answer.

On the balance of probability, it would appear judicious that another inquiry into the cause of the tragic Stardust fire be held.

IT is a cause of very serious concern that Ireland has the second highest rate of fire-related deaths out of 19 countries in the developed world, according to the World Fire Statistics Office.

The Government must step up the enforcement of fire safety in pubs and nightclubs to safeguard the public, the head of the Stardust inquiry warned today.

Survivors and relatives of the Stardust victims have reportedly decided to end a 10-week protest at the new pub adjacent to the site of the former nightclub.

A dossier containing new evidence which may finally uncover the cause of the Stardust dancehall blaze, which killed 48 young people, is to be given to the Government in the coming weeks, it emerged tonight.

TOMORROW marks the 25th anniversary of the Stardust fire in which 48 young people lost their lives.

TWENTY-FIVE years of tears and still eyes refused to dry as those bereaved by the Stardust fire gathered to remember lost loved ones at a special anniversary mass.

Victims and relatives of those who were killed in the Stardust disaster are gathering on Dublin's northside for a special memorial mass today.

THE FAMILIES of the Stardust tragedy victims have called on Justice Minister Michael McDowell to establish a new tribunal of inquiry into how 48 young people died in the 1981 fire.

The lawyer for families affected by the Stardust fire says Justice Department comments that new information on the disaster will be carefully examined are 'heartening'.

IN selecting his generals Napoleon Bonaparte was more concerned that they were lucky than that they were talented. In recent days it is beginning to appear like Bertie Ahern may be running out of luck.

SURVIVORS of the 1981 Stardust fire disaster say they have new evidence which suggests it may have been caused by an electrical fault.