Taoiseach to offer State apology to families, victims, and survivors of Stardust tragedy

Families of the Stardust survivors and victims outside Government Buildings prior to a meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris on Saturday. After the meeting, they said they had been invited to the Dáil on Tuesday for an official apology.

Taoiseach Simon Harris will on Tuesday offer a State apology to the families, victims, and survivors of the Stardust tragedy.

Some 48 people lost their lives in the February 1981 fire at a disco in north Dublin. At an inquest last week, a jury returned a verdict that they were unlawfully killed. It came after four decades of campaigning by families and survivors.