Bid to open pub on Stardust site delayed after relatives’ legal move

RELATIVES of people who died in the Stardust inferno have stalled an attempt to open a pub on the site of the doomed nightclub.

Members of the Stardust Victims Committee presented Dublin District Court with a petition of more than 2,000 signatures opposing plans to transfer ownership of the Silver Swan pub from the Butterly family to new applicant Jason Gamble.

They claimed the move was intended to dupe local people about who really owned the pub because of nightly protests that have been held outside the premises since February 14 this year, the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.