Singer Christy Moore has offered his support to the campaigners in the Stardust nightclub tragedy who staged a public protest in Dublin yesterday.
The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine's Day) 1981.
Some 841 people had attended a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a result of the fire.
Survivors and families of victims who died in the Stardust fire say they have found new evidence and will petition the Attorney General for a new inquest.
Christy is seen proudly wearing his Moorefield top that the club's Senior Footballers presented to him when he sang for them in the Clubhouse during our quest to win another Leinster title.
[Thanks to Paul Dempsey for the information.]
Only one emergency phone call is on public record from the night of the Stardust fire, but campaigners allege that they now have a signed statement from a woman who claims she made a second call about a fire on the roof of the nightclub.
The group also alleges it has evidence that the ESB had written to the owners of the Stardust about faulty electrical wiring before the fire occurred, all of which, it says, is crucial to the timing and cause of the fire.
The group has secured the expertise of an expert who is also advising on the Grenfell Tower fire investigation in the UK.
Antoinette Keegan, who survived the fire, but lost her two sisters Mary, 19, and Martina, 16, says she believes the families have been left to suffer due to neglect from the Government.
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