'We failed you when you needed us the most'

Simon Harris delivered a state apology to Stardust families, victims and survivors in the Dáil.

A verdict of unlawful killing was delivered at the inquests into the 1981 Stardust fire in Dublin on Thursday.

Forty-eight people died in the blaze where 800 people were attending a Valentine's Day disco.

The victims were aged between 16 and 27.