Families gather for anniversary of tragedy

BEREAVED families and survivors of the Stardust tragedy converged at the Dáil and the site of the fire disaster last night to mark the 26th anniversary of the tragedy.

Families gather for  anniversary of tragedy

The candlelit vigils continued until 2am, marking the time families arrived at the Stardust ballroom in Artane, Co Dublin, on February 13, 1981, to witness bodies being removed from the inferno.

Standing before a placard depicting a tribunal book with the words “botched evidence”, Eugene Kelly, whose brother Robert died in the fire, last night accused the Government of “endless broken promises and mind games”.

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