Funding issues for legal aid for Stardust families resolved

Terry Jones who lost her brother Murty Kavanagh in the Stardust fire & Antoinette Keegan who lost two sisters Mary & Martina in the Stardust fire with stardust families and supporters protesting over a delay over legal aid funding outside Leinster House on Kildare Street, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The issues around funding for legal aid for some of the Stardust fire families have been resolved.

The inquest into the fire disaster has been stalled after it emerged some of the families did not qualify for legal aid, and without a change in regulation by the Justice Minister, these families' legal teams cannot commence work on their behalf.