RELATIVES OF Stardust fire victims last night ended their three- day sit-in at Government Buildings after being told they would get a copy of the report.
The relatives were seeking a date for when they will receive a report on the State’s examination of a case for a reopened inquiry into the Stardust fire disaster.
Some 48 young people died in the 1981 Stardust nightclub inferno in north Dublin.
The four women waited in the security hut at the Taoiseach’s department on Merrion Street hoping to meet with a Government official for three days.
The report by Paul Coffey SC was given to the Government on December 16th and referred to the Attorney General for legal advice.
Relatives had expected to received a copy of the report before Christmas.
Speaking to The Irish Times, Antoinette Keegan, a spokeswoman for the Stardust Victims Committee who lost her sisters Martina and Mary in the blaze, said the Government had agreed to give a copy of the report after next week’s cabinet meeting, that would take place on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Attorney General had to sign off on it, that was the delay, she said, adding “they can’t see a problem with the report being released after the meeting”.
Ms Keegan said it was an “awful pity that it had to come to three women who lost their children staging a sit-in, in order to get a copy of the report. “We are not confident that they’ll keep to their word, as we were promised it before, but the protest will resume next week, with many more people involved if we don’t get a copy of the report”, she added.
The women are hoping to have a copy of the report before February 14th, the 28th anniversary of the fire.