Fears families will be excluded from Stardust inquest over legal funding row

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

There are fears that some of the families of the 48 Stardust fire victims will be excluded from the inquest amid a row over funding.

Over €1.5m has already been spent on the Stardust inquest, while the legal fees for representatives of 47 of the families have yet to be paid.