Irish Examiner view: Families deserve huge credit

Stardust inquests

Relatives of those killed in the Stardust fire gather at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin ahead of the first day of the inquest.

The old saw that justice delayed is justice denied had a sharper edge than usual yesterday morning.

That is because the families of those killed in the Stardust fire back in 1981 assembled yesterday morning before the opening session of the new inquests into the deaths, and they walked together to the Pillar Rooms at the Rotunda Hospital, where the inquests are to be held.