Stardust apology 'void of moral authority' if State does not address Whiddy Island disaster 

The Betelgeuse in flames in Bantry Bay, 1979. Picture: Richard Mills 

The apology to the families of the Stardust victims “will be void of any iota of moral authority” if the State doesn’t engage in “any meaningful way” with the families of the Whiddy Island disaster, according to the son of one of the victims of the 1979 tragedy.

The 1979 tragedy at the Gulf Oil terminal on Whiddy Island in Bantry bay claimed 50 lives when the Betelgeuse tanker caught fire and exploded.