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- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: ...contributor. The Taoiseach gave a fulsome address and apology, which is to be welcomed. However, this apology will only be meaningful if it determines the next steps and if it examines how we got into this position. The Taoiseach has talked about how the institutions of the State let the people down. They did a lot more than that; they actively contrived to prevent the truth coming...
- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)
Joan Collins: ...43 years. I welcome to the Visitors Gallery all the families of those who lost loved ones. I welcome all those injured in the fire who carry the physical and mental pain of that night 43 years ago. I am glad the families and the parents have fought for so long and hard and never gave up. They have campaigned for truth and justice. They are here today having earned the rightful...
- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)
Richard O'Donoghue: ...of love. I was 11 years old then. I am now a father of four children, all of whom are the ages of those who died in the Stardust fire. I am now a grandfather. It has taken 43 years for the Government to say sorry. It has taken 43 years for all these families who have fought for justice for their loved ones to see this day. As a parent, I cannot comprehend what any one of these people...
- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)
Verona Murphy: ...wrong. I am sure it is no consolation but it begins another fight and that fight is to understand whether or not what you have heard today is sincere and will turn out to be true to form. I look forward to a day when we will look back and celebrate what we have learned through the awful tragedy of the Stardust. That will come, no doubt, in the form of a commemoration in which, probably...
- Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)
Simon Harris: ...against us. Forty-eight young people lost their lives in the Stardust disaster, many more were injured, and even more still had their lives broken and shattered forever. When I met with you in Government Buildings last Saturday, you reminded me of another time when four of your family members waited for days in the cold security hut, protesting your exclusion and hoping for access. I...