Relatives seek new public inquiry into Stardust disaster

Relatives of those who died in the Stardust disaster 25 years ago are demanding a new public inquiry into the incident.

Forty-eight young people lost their lives when a huge fire engulfed the Stardust nightclub in the Artane area of Dublin on Valentine's Day 1981.

Relatives of the victims have never accepted the outcome of the original tribunal, which criticised owner Eamon Butterly, Dublin Corporation and the Department of the Environment for safety failings.

The relatives are still demanding that someone be held accountable for the blaze and that the full truth about the disaster be fully revealed in public.