A proper public inquiry must be held into the 1981 Stardust fire in a bid finally to seek justice for the 48 young people killed, families and victims warned the Taoiseach today.
Dozens of bereaved families, and people injured in the horrific blaze in Dublin's Artane, marched on Mr Ahern's constituency office in Drumcondra to show him the level of public support behind them.
Brid McDermott, who lost three children - William (22) George (19) and Marcella (16) - in the fire, said a proper public inquiry into the blaze was well overdue.
"We have had no answers as to why they died," she said, as she stood holding a banner outside Mr Ahern's constituency office, St Luke's.
"They never came home, it should never have happened. My children should be here with me today, their grandchildren should be here.
"No one was ever held responsible. It's why we need justice, everybody needs justice, even the dead."
Bereaved families last month marked the 25th anniversary of the St Valentine's disco fire in Artane, which killed 48 people and injured over 200.
The victims claim Mr Ahern has failed to meet them in recent years, but he insisted in the Dail during the week that he had made every effort in recent weeks to meet with them.
Antoinette Keegan, who survived the fire but lost two of her sisters, said: We will meet with Mr Ahern, and we are happy to meet with him anytime he wants to meet with us but we want a new inquiry opened.
We want a new inquiry opened because the other inquiry wasn't justifiable in our eyes.
Over the noise of people beeping car horns in support, she said: "It is 25-years later and there is still no one held responsible for the fire in Artane." She added: "We have public support that is all we need, if we don't get the public inquiry we will take it to the European Court."
The Stardust Committee want new evidence gathered by them, including information from experts on the cause of the blaze, to be fully investigated in a public inquiry.
In the Dail last month, the Taoiseach said the Justice Department and Forensic Science Laboratory were examining evidence produced by the Stardust Committee. Finian McGrath, an independent TD for Dublin north central, said the families want a public investigation into what happened at the Stardust in 1981.
"The 48 families and the victims who were very badly hurt and burned they deserve justice," the TD said.
"I am absolutely shocked when I think of all the inquiries that have been held in this country over planning and over scandals."
Mr McGrath said he also supported the families campaign outside to the Silver Swan pub, which was on the same site as the dancehall, was not reopened.
Linda Bishop, who survived the fire, said people were protesting outside the premises every night to show the owner it would never be acceptable to reopen it. She added: "We are fed up with being ignored, our new inquiry is just not coming. We want Mr Ahern to see that we have plenty of support. It is not just a couple of disgruntled families, we have plenty of support. The whole community was affected and people still feel very strongly about it.