A former Waterford councillor says he hopes the new inquest into the Stardust disaster will provide closure for the victims' families.
Seán Reinhardt survived the fire at the Stardust nightclub in north Dublin on Valentine's Day in 1981.
48 people died and 200 others were injured, most of them aged just 16 to 25.
The Attorney General has agreed to a fresh inquest into the disaster.
In granting the inquiry, he pointed to a lack of clarity around how the deaths happened in the original investigations.
Seán Reinhardt, the former Metropolitan Mayor of Waterford, told WLR that he's delighted with the news. He says the families deserve answers:
"I was blown away when I heard it yesterday, I just couldn't believe it was going to happen to be quite honest. I'm just so happy for everybody, particularly families who lost loved ones in the fire because they never had any closure, and it's going to be an opportunity I hope for them to finally put things to rest."
"It took years and years and years of people marching and having petitions signed and banging on doors and searching and digging for evidence. And at long last, the Attorney General has decided in his wisdom to have an inquest."
"Personally, I'm very lucky that I survived the fire but I had friends who were killed and there's people I know that lost three children in the fire, and for them this is going to be massive closure hopefully."
