Focus for the Stardust families now turns to accountability as they welcome the belated State apology
Dáil Éireann
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Miriam Lord: Simon Harris acknowledges wrong done to Stardust families. Now he must do right by them
Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities
‘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
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
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Student accommodation and immigration policy to top Cabinet agenda
From over-zealous photo opportunists and MA graduates to comedy speeches at party conferences, it was a busy week in politics
After years of being sidelined, ignored and neglected, the Stardust relatives finally get redemption
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Party’s brand sails on unperturbed by the polls and is still centred around a chirpy, slightly mossy and fogeyish charm
A tone of icy civility is emerging between Simon Harris and the Sinn Féin leader but on Wednesday the air turned positively Arctic
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