Families describe move as ‘very welcome’ following inquest verdict in April
Stardust families and survivors leave the Dáil after Taoiseach Simon Harris delivered a formal State apology in April. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaillwill lead Government attendees at the event, likely to take place in the Garden of Remembrance, metres from the Pillar Room on the Rotunda Hospital campus where last month a jury found victims of the inferno had been
In a statement, the Taoiseach said when he had met the families in Government Buildings in advance of the State apology he had committed to holding a “special remembrance ceremony”. Arrangements for the ceremony were being finalised in consultation with the families’ representatives, a Government spokesman said. However, the date had been set.
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