Taoiseach to deliver letters of apology to Stardust survivors and families

Stardust campaigners outside Leinster House, Dublin, after Taoiseach Simon Harris issued a state apology to the families of the victims of the Stardust fire. Forty-eight people were killed when the blaze ripped through the Dublin nightclub in 1981. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire

Taoiseach Simon Harris will deliver a letter of apology to individual survivors and families of the Stardust tragedy, as the Government prepares for a national commemoration.

Mr Harris also said that counselling supports would be put in place for the impacted families.