Department at 'advanced stage' at determining venue for Stardust inquests

Tributes to the 48 victims of the Stardust nightclub fire in Dublin on Valentine's day in 1981 outside Leinster House in Dublin.

The Department of Justice is at an “advanced stage” of determining the venue for the Stardust inquests, amid calls to provide certainty to families ahead of Christmas.

The department had previously arranged with the RDS in Dublin to stage the inquests in that venue, but it has largely lain idle over the course of this year as delays have plagued the process.