Funds needed to take Stardust fight to court

FAMILIES who lost loved ones in the Stardust disaster are stepping up efforts to raise funds to take their fight for a fresh examination of the tragedy to the courts.

Despite the publicity generated for their campaign by the 25th anniversary of the fire, the Stardust Victims Committee said they had just over €8,000 in donations to their legal challenge fund.

They estimate they will need tens of thousands of euro to go to the High Court to seek an order for the reopening of the inquests into the deaths of the 48 people lost in the blaze.