Relatives of the victims of the 1981 Stardust disco fire disaster have been picketing Government Buildings as part of their demand for a new inquiry into the fire.
The Taoiseach told the Dáil this morning that the families had not uncovered new evidence, but had produced a new independent analysis of the original evaluation.
Bertie Ahern said while his department did not have the technical expertise to review this, he had sought an independent analysis of his own.
He added he will help the Stardust families any way he can, and that there was no need for them to protest outside the Dáil.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland, Gertrude Barrett, whose son Michael was among those who died, said the families of victims were looking for the truth.
The lawyer for the Stardust families, Greg O'Neill, said last night that the group was calling for a focused inquiry and not a protracted tribunal.
Yesterday, it was confirmed that five unidentified victims of the disco fire are to be exhumed for DNA tests.
48 people were killed in the blaze at a nightclub in Artane, north Dublin, in February 1981.
