New bill tabled to allow jury selection for Stardust Inquest

There have been concerns that the issue of paying jurors may affect the jury selection

(Left to right) Martina Hand, Antoinette Keegan and Pauline Braymer hold photos of Stardust victims Martina and Mary Keegan with Stardust supporters and families at the Coroners Court in the RDS, Dublin. A letter sent last month from the majority of the families to the Minister of Justice Helen McEntee, and seen by the Irish Examiner, called on the government to intervene. Photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

A new bill tabled in the Seanad would allow for a jury to be selected for the Stardust Inquest as it would in criminal cases.

The bill, which will be tabled in the Seanad on Wednesday by Sinn Féin senators Lynn Boylan, Paul Gavan and Fintan Warfield, would amend the Coroners Act 1962 to make provision for the coroner to select a jury using the provisions of the Juries Act 1976 for the purposes of the Stardust Inquest.