A woman who lost three siblings in the Stardust tragedy has said that her 82-year-old mother and the parents of other victims deserve right before they pass. "
Louise McDermott was only 14 when William, 22, George, 18 and 16-year-old Marcella died in Valentine's Day 1981 at the nightclub in the Artane area.
The trio from Edenmore were among the 48 killed and 200 injured in fire.
Families affected by the tragedy gathered in the Pavillions Shopping Center yesterday as a new "truth" postcard campaign that demands justice backed by 28,000 people.
Louise said: "Not one of the 48 still has a judgment on their death certificates after 37 years. So we want to know why?
"It would give my mother Bridget some closure, she is 82. She just wants to know why, why was no one held accountable? Why do not we know the truth? She lied about how the fire started and what
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"Just before she said it, and Mrs. Christine Keegan, who lost two daughters, said: & # 39; I do not get younger & # 39; and they want justice before they are passed on.
The health care assistant said the campaign was launched less than two weeks ago, relying on Attorney General Seamus Woulfe for a new investigation, is "fantastic."
Louise, 50, added: "People met here today and there were people in the Stardust who had never talked about it and were here and told us.
" A woman next to me just said that people had scars and were injured and they could never talk about it. My father Jimmy could not go back to work at that time.
"Obviously as a firefighter they would not let him return to work, so they gave him early.
" It just broke his heart, he deteriorated from that moment on and he got a stroke. He blamed himself for thinking that if he was working that night, he would get them out, but he would not. "
Louise hit the" broken promises "of some politicians who, according to her, only sought votes
But she praised others and added: "Tommy Broughan TD is great, he was always with us.
"The supporters of Sinn Fein, the Independent TD's also, Lynn Boylan, Mary Lou McDonald, John Lyons, they've all been fantastic."
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