Stardust inquests: Families call for State apology as jury returns unlawful killing verdicts in each of the 48 cases

Relatives and friends cheered in court as verdict was read out on ‘hugely significant day’ for the victims

Survivors and family members in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin after a verdict of unlawful killing was returned by the jury in the Stardust fire inquests for all 48 people who died in the Dublin nightclub disaster in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 1981, the worst fire disaster in the history of the State. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Survivors and family members in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin after a verdict of unlawful killing was returned by the jury in the Stardust fire inquests for all 48 people who died in the Dublin nightclub disaster in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 1981, the worst fire disaster in the history of the State. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire