'Let justice flow like a river' - Mary Lou McDonald on Stardust State apology

The Taoiseach has apologised to families and survivors of the Stardust tragedy, saying the State 'should have stood with them'.

Simon Harris read out the names of each of the 48 people who died in the 1981 fire in the Dáil, noting that Caroline Carey's unborn baby was "the 49th victim of the Stardust tragedy".

It comes after the family’s 43-year fight for justice resulted last week in a verdict of unlawful killing at the inquests into their deaths.

The families gathered in the public gallery this afternoon, as the Taoiseach listed off each and every person who died in the tragedy along with an anecdote for each one.

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