Stardust campaigners ‘very disappointed’ by meeting with Justice Minister

Latest: Stardust campaigners say they’re “very disappointed” with their meeting with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

Stardust campaigners ‘very disappointed’ by meeting with Justice Minister

Update 6.38pm: Stardust campaigners say they’re “very disappointed” with their meeting with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

The families want politicians to reject the McCartan report which found no new inquiry into the fatal fire is warranted.

48 people died in the nightclub blaze in North Dublin on Valentine's Day in 1981.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan

Antoinette Keegan, whose two sisters died in the blaze, met Minister Flanagan this afternoon.

“He wasn’t very positive at all. He says he’s not committing himself to anything,” she said.

“I’m going to the Stardust victims’ committee and the relatives to tell them that he’s not committing himself to anything.

“He more or less said the verdict is there from the coroners – which gives a medical verdict and is against the law.

“As I said, we’ll have to go for legal and judicial review as well for the verdicts to be recorded. So, (we’re) very disappointed.”

Original story (7.14am): Stardust campaigners to demand Commission of Investigation

Stardust campaigners will meet with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan this afternoon to seek a commitment to address how the victims' deaths were caused.

This follows their rejection of the McCartan report, which found no new inquiry into the fatal fire is warranted.

The matter will be debated in the Dáil tomorrow and campaigners are calling on TDs to reject the report.

Antoinette Keegan, who survived the nightclub blaze but lost her two sisters in it, says a Commission of Investigation is needed.

"Well, there's a motion going in by Tommy Broughan, and we're all going in there, in attendance in the Dáil gallery," she said.

"It's for a Commission of Investigation to be enacted immediately.

"We're hoping that Charlie Flanagan looks at this. We hopes he sees the wrongs that have been done.

"There are three reports out there now in the public domain, and every one of them are different."

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