Families bereaved by the Stardust disaster are to arrange a meeting with the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to discuss new evidence relating to the fire and the possibility of reopening the inquiry.
The solicitor acting on behalf of the families is expected to arrange a meeting between the Government and relatives this morning, according to Antoinette Keegan, a spokesperson for the Stardust Victims Committee.
Last night, she remained hopeful that all 48 families would be allowed meet with Mr Ahern this week.
Jimmy Dunne, whose son Liam was the last person to die as a result of the Stardust fire, said that it was unfair to put the onus on the families to produce new evidence so that they may obtain a meeting with Mr Ahern.
This follows comments during Leaders' Questions in the Dáil, last week, in which Mr Ahern said he and the Minister for Justice would be happy to consider any new evidence passed to the Garda for forensic analysis.
"All we are asking is for the evidence already there to be looked at again because some of it was not sent and did not go through the proper process," said Mr Dunne.
He added that when families meet with Mr Ahern, they would be seeking an independent body to conduct a new inquiry into the 1981 tragedy.
Meanwhile, families have been continuing to protest outside a new bar due to open on the site of the nightclub, almost a week after their initial protest on the anniversary of the tragedy drew over 200 people. Between 20 and over 100 people have been keeping vigil every night at the newly refurbished Silver Swan pub situated on the site where the Stardust once stood.
During Saturday's day-long protest, former Irish international Niall Quinn turned up and sympathised with bereaved families.
Despite expectations that the bar would open on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy last week, it remains closed. The collection of flowers and wreaths outside its doors has grown.
Christy Moore's song, They Never Came Home, which was banned and withdrawn in 1986, has been played outside the premises every night.
Following a day-long protest again yesterday, Antoinette Keegan said that people were simply determined to ensure that the bar would not open.
She added that families were intent on showing the Government that they are eager to have the tribunal's conclusion of "probably arson" reviewed.
Last week's Prime Time programme on RTÉ put forward what it claimed was new evidence concerning the source and cause of the fire.
This related to the contents of a storeroom, near the roof of the Stardust, which contained flammable material, including floor wax, table polish, cloths and toilet rolls.
The complete list of the contents of this storeroom was not available to the tribunal.