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On Tuesday, Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris apologized to victims, survivors, and families of the 1981 Stardust fire tragedy, acknowledging the state’s failure to support them. After a 40-year campaign for justice, an inquest last week ruled that the 48 victims were unlawfully killed, likely due to an electrical fault. Harris expressed profound sorrow for the families’ lengthy fight and stigma they endured, and emphasized the importance of finally addressing the wrongdoings of the past.

The Irish government has issued a state apology to the families of victims of the Stardust fire, decades after the tragedy. Forty-eight young people were killed in the fire that ripped through the nightclub in north Dublin in 1981. The apology follows a recent inquest jury verdict that the victims were unlawfully killed.