Redress from the taxpayer. What did we do?!

The people responsible were employed by the State, therefore the State is responsible for their decisions.

Possibly the people who came up with the original conclusion of arson which was a scandal really.

oh right sorry, I thought Augme was referring to starting the fire or chaining the doors shut

How can anyone with an ounce of empathy begrudge the stardust familys a payout? The last 43 years of their lives have been nothing but stress and hell. Now that they finally have some closure maybe they can start to live and enjoy life.

There's already been compensation in the 80s, a total of £10.4 million paid out to 823 people

A tiny sum. Those families deserve redress from the State for how they were treated in the 43 years since.

The apology is not for the fire

Ruth Coppinger tweeted late last week that the owners all had links with FF… Charles Haughty in particular.

Now go check on the Judge who said it was most probably arson… Another, linked with FF.

That judgement allowed the Butterlys claim compensation from the State…

https://www.thejournal.ie/stardust-inquiries-6359200-Apr2024/

The relatives (and survivors) of the 48 deserve any form of compensation due to them for this tragic event 43 years ago.

They're not currently seeking redress, but justice and the recent ruling gives the survivors and relatives some peace at last.

Anyone who feels that they're paying for the redress through taxation well don't worry, it's likely to be 0.0000000000001cent so get over yourselves.

You keep ignoring the state's effective role in covering it up. The state made rulings about the case and as a result, families are only getting closure after 40 years.

I think ultimately the government have decided to pay something. Presumably for several reasons from, I dunno, potential legal exposure to old fashioned politics in the run up to an election. They act on our behalf and we can turf them out at an election. We don't, nor IMO should we, as individuals, get to decide our taxes will be spent on X but not on Y, it would be a recipe for anarchy. I mean, I get the general point, but you couldn't operate a government/society like that.

The deaths of 48 people (plus the unborn baby of one woman) in that fire was a terrible tragedy. There was a long list of decisions made by the venue owners that contributed to those deaths and while that wasn't the fault of the state, the subsequent tribunals and government reports seemed more concerned with the cause of the fire instead of the devastating outcome. If the initial inquest had reached the same verdict as this inquest, it's likely the families would not have continued with their campaign for accountability. An apology and some form of redress is the right thing imo.

The families were denied justice by the justice system, run by the state