My two sisters and my friend died that night, I barely got out with my own life, I was told at a meeting in the Dept of Justice building in March 2003, I was told by an official in the Dept of Justice, “that what I experienced I imagined because it was not in the Keane Tribunal book”. At the same meeting this official threathened to take Geraldine Foy to the High Court for defaming the Keane Report and the experts who assisted Keane, to which Geraldine Foy replied and I will always remember her strength, she told the official, “I welcome your invitation to the High Court, please take me, because when I sit in the box, I will ask the judge to whom am I defaming when none of those experts Sean you refer to have any conclusion drawn in their report”. Sean had no answer for her and they never took her to the High Court. In October 2004, she went to Scotland and brought back the professor David Rasbash full boxes of archives, of his advise as an adviser to the Keane Tribunal, by November Justice had got word of this and called an immediate meeting with the families, Sean Awlyard secretary General of the Dept of Justice told us families “we were only in that room because we lost somebody in that fire, we should go off home now and get over it we got the justice we deserved, to which deputy tommy broughan replied “sean how can you speak to these families like that ” and geraldine Foy gave Sean the tribunal book and said unless you find the basement evidence Keane is botched and they did not get the justice they deserved, they got the justice the state decided they deserved to which Noel Synott went for geraldine foy s throat and he had to be restrained by Sean Awlyard, tommy broughan has since commented on the dail record about this meeting. Geraldine Foy has never darkened the dept of Justice door since the Minister is lucky she is prepared to do this because we families had to talk her around, she is responsible for the smiles of the families of the unidentified kids, she wrote to new york twin towers, dr. drintz who wrote a letter to her giving details of the up to date dna testing to encourage the governmentbto this, it took the coroner 2 years to give her the five files of the unidentified, these families lived and breathed fresh air cause it took Geraldine Foy within one hour to identify one of those lads she rang the solicitor and told him and the kavanagh family were informed, michael mc dowell asked her did she find the dentist at the meeting which she replied no, but I am the first person to read the files since the five lads died. Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen wanted to honour her bill, but the dept of justice would not pay it. Government kept saying we dont want to set a precidient in law by re opening the tribual, the dept of justice kept denying, denying and denying us our rights and thought we were mad because our memory and experiences of the stardust were not in the keane report. The solicitor rang Ger Foy, because Bertie said they were going to say no to an inquiry this was un Nov 2006; so Ger foy said she was writing a letter for the Dept of Justice that they would have to address and they wont like it, she wrote a letter looking for a photo of the water filled basement and the two store rooms and if they can produce them the families will accept the justice they deserved, bertie ahern went into the dail 22nd nov 2006 thinking he could be vindicated at not having an inquiry on the advise of the dept of justice, i guess he was shocked when the dept of justice could not produce these items so the taoiseach decided to have an independent examination for a renewed inquiry, geraldine foy since the coffey report took the case to the ECHR, to which they said Paul Coffey was not legal and he was not a fire expert other factors are there are 2 coffey reports with 70 alterations between them ger foy knows who altered the report cause paul coffey told her, She is only prepared to meet Minister Fitzgerald cause she is an admirer of Minister Fitzgeralds husband s work for the aspherbergerf victims, ger foy will not accept any inquiry until she sits with the chief justice to explain legal ramifications at the hands of the dept of justice to deny 48 victims their right to life and justice.

Let us hope that at the very least Minister of Justice and her department will be openminded, and see through all the obstacles previous MOJ’s and their departments have put in our way of finding the truth and Justice we deserve. Geraldine deserves to be listened to, and action must be taken on her and Robin Knox’s years of research . #JusticeForTheStardust48

You are lucky you met this person with such strength. The families had no chance of exposing the scull duggery and cover up. Wow she needs to be made a hero for giving you a voice to shout back “tell us the truth”. To contradict a survivors experience of a disaster event to protect a botched inquiry is a first for any country through out the world.

The current government through Alan Shatter as minister of Justice went to the European Court of Human rights to respond back and protect the perjury , frame up and preverting the course of justice evidence. Still to deny the right of the dead to have their right to life vindicated and validated with an effective investigation.

Disgraceful I am in support of Geraldine Foy not attending this meeting with a minister of justice from our current government. She is right she should just meet with the Chief Justice Susan . You families were denied your rights long enough. Mrs Fitzgerald might not have the same mind set as her husband had for the Asbergers victims. I dont believe Frances Fitzgerald will change the mind set of her department.

I believe the police will eventually force there hand with their current investigation.

One has to question if Frances Fitzgerald, Enda Kenny, Alan Shatter had lost their child in this fire, would they be happy to shake the blood off their hands and discard the truth? The parents and families of those children deserve justice. If the government could give their time and attention to Garth Brooks and his concerts, why can’t the lives of 48 young people and their families be afforded the same courtesy and get justice?

Geraldine has been a godsend to the Stardust committee He work rate and attention to detail had to be commended by all. The fact that she uncovered a piece of evidence in her research overlooked by the tribunal and the Gardai in their investigations that helped identify one of the unknown lost in the tragedy speaks volumes . I truly hope this minister has the sincerity to listen to the committee and the courage to follow through on what rightfully needs to be done. Justice for the 48.