THE MINISTER FOR Justice has again ruled out another inquiry into the Stardust tragedy, despite the families of victims claiming that they have uncovered fresh evidence.
Speaking on behalf of Alan Shatter in the Dáil today, junior minister Dinny McGinley said that there was nothing that had been seen by Shatter that convinced him that a new inquiry was needed.
McGinley said that the 2009 Coffey Report into the 1981 tragedy that claimed 48 lives was still backed by the government, despite being disputed by the Victims Committee.
“The Minister has the greatest sympathy for all those affected by the fire, and understands of course that those involved in the Committee remain convinced that their explanation for what happened on the night is in fact what did occur.
Nothing he has seen in the extensive correspondence to date, however, would be grounds for his taking a different view to the conclusions set out in Mr. Coffey’s findings and endorsed in both Houses.
McGinley also said that the Coffey Report was “entirely independent”, saying that any suggestion otherwise was “unfounded”.
He added that Shatter would arrange for an examination of a submission from the Stardust Victims Committee, which is planned for 14 February, the 33rd anniversary of the fire.
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