Taoiseach says Stardust relatives have been 'failed' ahead of State apology
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Last week, at the inquest into the Dublin tragedy, in which 48 people, including Derry teenager Susan Morgan, lost their lives on St. Valentine’s night in 1981, delivered verdicts of unlawful killing for all of the deaths. Speaking in the Dail on Tuesday, Mr Harris said: “Today we say formally and without any equivocation, we are sorry. We failed you when you needed us the most. From the very beginning, we should have stood with you, but instead we forced you to stand against us.” He also paid...
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