Stardust Fire Survivor Describes Compensation Scheme as a "Huge Insult" - 11/02/2

A scheme to compensate more than 800 survivors of the 1981 Stardust fire, which will see each person get €20,000, has been described as “absolutely horrendous” and a “fiasco”.Lawyers acting for survivors of the north Dublin nightclub inferno in which 48 young people died, say the survivors have been treated with “contempt” by the Department of Justice as promises made to them have been “reneged on”.In a statement on Tuesday, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said he was “very conscious” the 45th anniversary of the tragedy was “imminent” as he announced a scheme of ex gratia recognition payments to survivors injured in the blaze.We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Stardust survivor Antoinette Keegan, who described the compensation being offered as a "huge insult". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.