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Dublin City Coroner's Court Hears Stardust Inquest Can Proceed.

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48 young people died in the nightclub fire in north Dublin 40 years ago.

The families of the victims of the Stardust fire say new inquests into the disaster should start "without delay".

A pre-inquest hearing was told that the issues around funding have now been resolved.

The issue had caused months of delays, after it emerged some families' incomes exceeded the threshold, despite 8 million of a budget being available.

The north Dublin nightclub fire claimed the lives of 48 young people in 1981.

Solicitor, Darragh Mackin, of Phoenix Law and Antoinette Keegan joined Clem Ryan on Thursday's edition of Kildare Kildare.

Antoinette lost her 19 year old sister, Mary and 16 year old sister, Margaret, in the fire.

Celbridge-Leixlip Cllr., Íde Cussen, grew up in the area, and shared her recollections of the aftermath of the tragedy

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