The decision of Dublin City Council to grant permission for the development of the land on which the Stardust Tragedy occurred has angered the families of those killed in the fire.
Antoinette Keegan, whose two sisters - Mary, 19 and Martina, 16 - perished in the fire in 1981, said that it was the intention of the Stardust Committee to lodge objections with An Bord Pleanála.
Currently, the permission to develop has only been granted by Dublin City Council, and the families have until the 21st January to lodge their objections with An Bord Pleanála.
On 16 December 2010, Dublin City Council granted a licence for the development of 178 housing units, a community centre, retail units and a memorial for the dead.
This licence came in the wake of several other planning applications made by the Butterly family, all of which were refused.
The Butterly family owned the Stardust nightclub, and the site has remained in their ownership since the tragedy.
Colm Butterly currently operates a business park and the Artane House on the site.
Representatives of the Stardust Committee have said that they do not want to have any part in the memorial which is planned as part of the new development.
Local Councillors have also said that the proposed development is not in keeping with the area, as well as being insensitive to the feelings of the families.
Mr Butterly was unavailable for comment on the issue.
Dublin City Council said it would be inappropriate for them to comment at this point seeing as the deadline for submissions to An Bord Pleanála has not yet passed.
48 people died in the fire in the Stardust nightclub in Artane on Valentine's Day 1981.
Although a verdict of arson was initially recorded, this was struck from the public record last year. There is, as yet, no recorded verdict as to what exactly caused the fire. The families are have called for a fresh inquiry.
