Stardust inquest to begin in April, but families hoping for earlier date

Broadcaster Charlie Bird and Antonette Keegan who lost two of her sisters Mary (19) and Martina (16) in the St Valentine's Day fire. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

The inquest into the Stardust nightclub deaths will be held in April, a coroner’s court has heard, but families of the victims are “very hopeful” it could be earlier.

A lengthy process has been continuing to hold an inquest into the deaths of 48 people in the nightclub fire in Dublin on Valentine’s Day in 1981.