A remembrance ceremony in honour of the victims of the Stardust fire will commemorate the “absolute tragedy and the horror of the loss of life”, the Taoiseach has said.
The State remembrance ceremony in honour 48 people who died in the 1981 Stardust disaster will take place on June 23rd.
While the details of the ceremony are being finalised with the families, the event will be held at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin.
Simon Harris will lead Government attendees at the event.
After more than 40 years of the victims’ families campaigning for justice, an inquest in April found that the 48 young people had been unlawfully killed.
Days later, Mr Harris apologised on behalf of the state to the families of the victims of the Dublin nightclub fire, who were aged between 16 and 27, and…