Majority of victims’ families could be excluded from Stardust inquest, TD warns

Candles and flowers placed outside Leinster House in Dublin by relatives of the 48 victims of the Stardust nightclub fire (PA)

A fresh inquest into the Stardust fire is in doubt after it was warned that all but one of the 48 victims’ families could be excluded.

Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has urged the Government to ensure the inquiry goes ahead as he warned 47 of the families may not participate amid a row over promised free legal aid.