Stardust tragedy - When there are no answers

Whenever a young person dies in horrific, unexpected, and extreme circumstances, his or her parents, family, and close friends want answers: How did it happen? Why did it happen? Who is responsible?

Whatever questions they raise and whatever the answers to any or all of those questions, there is one uncomfortable certainty — they will not bring their loved one back.

That is the situation faced by the families of those who died in the fire at the Stardust ballroom, in Artane, Dublin, on Valentine’s Day in 1981.