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The funeral takes place on Tuesday for Eugene Kelly (62), a longtime activist for the victims of the 1981 Stardust disaster.
His brother, Robert (17), died in the fire of the Dublin nightclub along with 47 other young people in the early morning of February 14, 1981.
Kelly died suddenly at her home in Balbriggan on Wednesday. He was among the families who gathered at the Dublin Forensic Court a week earlier for the preliminary hearing of 48 new investigations to be carried out early next year.
The investigations were ordered last year by then-attorney general Séamus Woulfe.
Kelly had campaigned for most of her adult life for research that could provide answers to families about how and why their loved ones died.
Speaking out of court on October 14, he said: “Robert was 17 years old. Now I read my brother’s forensic report and nothing was left of him. The people who died in that fire deserve justice.
“I feel that they are belittling us and giving us the strength to continue pressing and obtain our justice. And remember my words, we will get our justice. “
Antoinette Keegan, who spearheaded the Stardust families campaign with her late mother Christine, said Kelly had “fought side by side with us all the years.”
In an online tribute he said: “Eugene Kelly, you came into my family’s life … you stood firm and supported our mom, not once did you disappoint her, it’s so sad today … I swear to my God in heaven, you will never be forgotten and we will obtain truth and justice. ” Christine Keegan died in July.
Kelly is survived by her partner Martha, her children Stuart, Mandy, and Lyndsey, and her grandchildren.
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