Stardust: inquests and findings

Sir, – One cannot help wonder if the Stardust tragedy had happened in Clontarf or Mount Merrion, would justice for the families have taken more than four decades? Shame on us. The persistence of the bereaved families was heroic. – Yours, etc,

MARY CONNELL,

Dublin 3.

Sir, – The horror, heartbreak and frustration the Stardust families have had to endure is beyond words. They to wait until now to get the answers and truth of what happened to their loved ones that night. Now, finally, they have peace to mourn.

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I am not proud to be Irish that we allowed this to happen. I urge the Government to issue an apology with immediate effect and show the nation the true sorrow and regret for what the families have endured. – Yours, etc,

ANNE CRILLY,

Co Louth.

Sir, – Now that the truth of the Stardust tragedy – known to the families for so long – has finally been brought into the open, should there not now be an inquiry into how and why the judiciary and political system studiously failed on previous occasions to come to the correct, and obvious, conclusions? – Yours, etc,

PATRICK BYRNE,

Co Dublin.