Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change
The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account
Read more news and analysis on the Stardust nightclub fire that killed 48 people on Valentine's Day 1981 in Artane, Dublin.
The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account
In his first big interview as Taoiseach, the Fine Gael leader hints at his ‘big ideas’ on childcare, housing and infrastructural projects
Authors Sean Murray, Christine Bohan and Nicky Ryan have conducted extensive research into records going back more than half a century, and spent long hours interviewing many of those involved in the justice campaign
Solicitor Darragh Mackin led negotiations with Government and says agreement reflects ‘unprecedented miscarriage of justice’
Forty-eight people died in a fire in the Stardust nightclub in north Dublin in February 1981
After 122 days of sittings, a jury found all 48 victims, aged between 16 and 27, unlawfully killed
Costs relate to emergency application by former Stardust manager challenging decision of Dublin city coroner
Commemorations were led by President Michael D Higgins who will invite survivors and victims’ families to Áras an Uachtaráin in Autumn
‘Two-phased’ approach will see payment in respect of victims followed by phase for survivors
Event will include performances by musicians such as Christy Moore, violinist Zoe Conway and uileann piper Kevin Rowsome
Sammy Wheelock says he takes inspiration from the Stardust families and that ‘justice should be done’ over his brother’s death
Families describe move as ‘very welcome’ following inquest verdict in April
Television: Three-part film’s strength comes in never falling into ghoulishness or sensationalism
Derek Mooney explores climate catastrophe while young offenders Conor and Jock return to our screens
The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunked
Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood
If Simon Harris is serious about his stated intention to make amends for the 43-year wait endured by the Stardust families, he should take the opportunity to fundamentally reform the service
Inquest verdicts of unlawful killings following 1981 blaze has brought investigations ‘back to the fore’, says Garda chief
Families will be contacted over supports such as counselling and what form a national commemoration should take, says Simon Harris
Focus for the Stardust families now turns to accountability as they welcome the belated State apology
Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities
Independent TD and barrister Catherine Connolly excoriates ‘self-serving’ reports where ‘the powerful protect the powerful’
‘The institutions of this State failed you,’ Taoiseach Simon Harris says to families of the 48 people unlawfully killed in Stardust fire
This was not a test of his decision-making – it was a test of his ability to perform as Taoiseach
Addressing the families in the Visitors’ Gallery, the Taoiseach apologised for the successive rebuffs and humiliations visited on them
Forty-three years after fire that killed 48 people, Harris says victims, survivors, relatives suffered ‘a cold shoulder, a deaf ear and two generations of struggle for justice’
Families of 48 young people who died in 1981 fire had long called for an official State apology and were invited to the Dáil on Tuesday
Taoiseach Simon Harris issued apology in the Dáil on Tuesday, as those most affected by February 1981 tragedy looked on
Taoiseach visited site of the 1981 fire on eve of statement to Dáil which he said ‘I really hope can help aid the healing process’
Student accommodation and immigration policy to top Cabinet agenda
Both reports unknowingly unleashed demons of prejudice that were hidden in the Id of the Irish establishment.
Taoiseach Simon Harris to deliver State apology in Dáil on Tuesday in relation to 1981 fire which resulted in 48 deaths
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices