Stardust families pin hopes for new probe on Fitzgerald

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.

The Stardust Victims Committee wrote to Frances Fitzgerald at the weekend, asking her to take a different approach to her predecessor Alan Shatter, who dismissed calls to reopen the case.

They have asked her to meet them so they can present to her in person new evidence they say warrants a fresh inquiry.