Stardust: Gardaí begin compiling old case files after unlawful killing verdict

Survivors, family members and supporters in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin after the verdict of unlawful killing (Brian Lawless/PA)

Gardaí have begun to compile old case files about the 1981 Stardust fire tragedy, after an inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing last week.

Taoiseach Simon Harris apologised on behalf of the State to the families of the 48 victims of the Dublin nightclub fire, all aged between 16 and 27, and said the state “failed you when you needed us the most”.