Long-awaited Stardust inquest finally to get under way in September

Candlelit vigil for the 41st anniversary of the Stardust fire at the former nightclub in Artane on February 13 last. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins 

The long-awaited fresh inquests into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust fire could finally get underway in September.

A pre-inquest hearing on Wednesday heard that once the final hurdles, of a judicial review taken by the owner of the Dublin venue and the establishment of a mechanism to allow jurors be selected, are cleared, then the coroner will be ready to begin.