A senior adviser to Charles Haughey accused RTÉ of undermining the Stardust Tribunal by airing an in-depth report into the tragedy, State papers have revealed.

THE Government is set to approve a new emergency plan to deal with potential terrorist and chemical attacks.

RELATIVES of the Stardust victims last night called for a State apology and new inquiry after a Prime Time investigation claimed the original tribunal into the tragedy “misdirected itself”.

EVER since the Stardust inferno, which claimed the lives of 48 young people, experts have repeatedly called on the Government to bring Ireland’s neglected fire service into line with international practice on dealing with major disasters.