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# Stardust fire

This week
21st April 2024 - 25th April 2024
Taoiseach says State 'rubbed salt in the wounds' of Stardust families as he delivers formal apology
Simon Harris told the families today that the State failed them when they needed it most.
Updated 23 Apr
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Families of Stardust victims arrive at Leinster House for long-awaited State apology
The Taoiseach will make the apology today in the Dáil at 2pm.
Updated 23 Apr
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Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
The Journal's Stardust podcast returns with a new episode: Unlawful killing
18 Apr
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Stardust: These were the causes of death recorded today for the 48 people who died
The Stardust inquests today delivered a verdict of unlawful killing in the case of all victims.
18 Apr
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This year
2024
Hard to conceive 'scale and enormity' of losing three family members at Stardust, inquest told
16 Jan
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Last year
2023
Company that produced carpet tiles used in Stardust did not recommend them for walls, inquest hears
12 Dec 2023
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Stardust survivor recalls watching nightclub roof collapse and realising her husband was dead
29 Nov 2023
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Stardust inquest hears how teen was trapped in toilets before being 'surrounded by fire'
29 Nov 2023
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Stardust: Inquest hears of survivor's 'life changing' injuries from the fire
17 Nov 2023
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Stardust ceiling was 'raining flames' causing ashtrays to ignite on tables below
16 Nov 2023
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Stardust survivor says husband died in the blaze hours after celebrating daughter's first birthday
7 Nov 2023
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Local resident saw Stardust fire almost half an hour before alarm was raised, inquest hears
15 Sep 2023
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Stardust floor manager thought fire was deliberately started so people could 'rob the bars'
22 Jun 2023
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Woman whose parents died in the Stardust 'grew up in the shadow of disaster', inquest hears
9 May 2023
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Toddler sat waiting for sister killed in Stardust fire to come home for months, inquest hears
4 May 2023
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Sister of Stardust victim left with fear 'like a physical sickness', inquest hears
27 Apr 2023
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‘A living nightmare’: Stardust families recall night they lost their loved ones as inquests begin
25 Apr 2023
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'A very important morning': Fresh inquests into 1981 Stardust tragedy begin
Updated 25 Apr 2023
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Fresh inquests into Stardust nightclub tragedy won't start before April 2023
23 Nov 2022
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Judge wants Stardust inquest challenge heard as soon as possible
28 Feb 2022
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Stardust manager seeks judicial review ahead of inquests into fire deaths of 48 people
Updated 25 Feb 2022
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Stardust campaigners call for jurors to be paid using portion of €8 million budget
Updated 22 Feb 2022
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'Unlawful killing' will not be ruled out as a verdict at Stardust inquest, coroner says
16 Feb 2022
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Taoiseach unveils memorial to Stardust victims on 41st anniversary of the tragedy
14 Feb 2022
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Calls for urgent resolution to legal fees impasse for Stardust families
16 Sep 2021
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Fresh inquests into Stardust tragedy may commence in the autumn after long wait for families
23 Jun 2021
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Families of Stardust victims to be given legal aid, paving the way for new inquests into disaster to begin
19 May 2021
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Minister urged to take action on 'indefensible' delay preventing start of Stardust inquests
22 Apr 2021
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'There's a further bump in the road. It's deeply regrettable': Stardust inquests hit with more delays
24 Mar 2021
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Stardust fire: Legal aid funding issue is resolved, clearing path for inquests to get under way
25 Feb 2021
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Stardust: Government urged to solve legal aid logjam that is delaying start of inquests
16 Feb 2021
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Stardust 40th anniversary: 'I remember what I did after my brother's funeral. I went to another funeral'
In the early hours of Valentine’s day 40 years ago, there was a fire in the Stardust club in north Dublin.
13 Feb 2021
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40 years on, Stardust families hope for answers from largest scale inquests in modern Irish history
1 Jan 2021
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There was 'State-sponsored effort to cover up' what happened at Stardust disaster, solicitor tells first inquest hearing
14 Oct 2020
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The first hearing ahead of the new inquest for the Stardust fire victims will take place this week
12 Oct 2020
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Fresh Stardust inquests confirmed to take place in Dublin Castle early next year
5 Aug 2020
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'Our hero, our fighter': Stardust campaigner Christine Keegan - who lost two daughters in tragedy - has died
15 Jul 2020
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TheJournal.ie's Stardust wins gold at New York Festivals Radio awards
22 Apr 2020
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'Devastating and important': Behind the scenes at the Stardust podcast as the fight for justice continued
26 Dec 2019
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'We were the first emergency responders there ... it was chaos': A firefighter on rushing to the scene of Stardust fire
Dave Fitzgerald
29 Nov 2019
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