Stardust survivor challenges Government's €20,000 redress scheme in High Court

Jimmy Fitzpatrick, aged 16 at the time, suffered catastrophic burns in the 1981 St Valentine's Day fire in which 48 people lost their lives 

A file photo of Jimmy Fitzpatrick who was in the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, on the night of the fire on February 14, 1981. File picture: Maxwell's

A survivor of the Stardust nightclub fire in 1981 was left 'aghast' after hearing that the Government intends to offer just €20,000 compensation to those injured in the disaster, the High Court has heard.

The compensation offer is limited to those who participated in a tribunal held in 1985.