Stardust redress scheme 'makes a shambles of the State apology now', say survivors

Some of the offerings left next to the Stardust commemorative wall last Saturday at the site of the Stardust nightclub fire where 48 people died on Valentine's day in 1981. Photo: Conor O'Mearain/PA

After being boxed into a “take it or leave it” offer for the guts of 40 years ago, Stardust survivors say they now face into a redress scheme based on that same “flawed” principle.

This week, a redress scheme for survivors of the tragedy, where 48 young people lost their lives following a fire at a north Dublin nightclub in 1981, formally opened.