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Man who believed wife cheated with brother-in-law gets 10 years for stabbing relative to death
Updated 19 Feb 2024
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Stardust fire could have started in the main bar without staff noticing, expert tells inquest
30 Jan 2024
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Stardust inquest hears from expert on areas which might've had influence on 'how fire could've started'
22 Jan 2024
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Hard to conceive 'scale and enormity' of losing three family members at Stardust, inquest told
16 Jan 2024
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Dental plate could have been 'key' in identifying body of Stardust victim who went unknown for 25 years
12 Jan 2024
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Not possible to perform 'any meaningful analysis' of effects of fire on Stardust victims, inquest hears
9 Jan 2024
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Company that produced carpet tiles used in Stardust did not recommend them for walls, inquest hears
12 Dec 2023
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Inquest
Garda investigating Stardust fire cause found 'no evidence' fire started maliciously, inquest hears
11 Dec 2023
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Inquest
Garda says officers treated Stardust site as one of 'catastrophe', but not as a 'crime scene'
8 Dec 2023
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Firefighter tells Stardust inquest he found group of victims 'huddled together' on the dancefloor
1 Dec 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 survivor tells inquest friend who perished was not supposed to attend disco that night
27 Nov 2023
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DJ assistant tells Stardust Inquest fuses up to 60 light boxes would run off four plugboards
21 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 survivor tells how minutes trapped in toilets felt like 'a lifetime' as smoke filled the room
14 Nov 2023
5.3k
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Stardust witness tells inquest that doorman told him: 'They could not get out, the doors were padlocked'
11 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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Court of Appeal
Cross-examination of abuse complainants cannot 'pry unnecessarily' into their personal lives
3 Nov 2023
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Court of Appeal
Suspended sentence for man who sexually assaulted au pair was too lenient, court finds
31 Oct 2023
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Inquest
Stardust survivor tells inquest that patrons 'were trapped like rats trying to get out'
28 Oct 2023
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Inquest
Woman tells Stardust inquest she left club after 'piece of ceiling' fell on table on night of fire
17 Oct 2023
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Inquest
Stardust patron saw material like 'melting plastic' coming from ceiling on night of fire, inquest hears
16 Oct 2023
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Eamon Butterly tells Stardust inquest management at the club was not 'up to dealing with fire'
Updated 6 Oct 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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Inquest
Former Stardust doorman denies he was ‘put up to’ telling gardaí he had opened the exits
14 Sep 2023
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Former Stardust doorman says attempts were made to 'scapegoat' him for doors being locked
13 Sep 2023
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Stardust inquest hears former doorman said victims couldn't escape because 'doors were chained'
12 Sep 2023
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First firefighter on scene of Stardust fire had 'never seen anything like it', inquest hears
6 Sep 2023
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Doorman admitted front door of Stardust was locked and key removed on night of fatal fire
4 Sep 2023
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stardust inquest
Stardust inquest: Barman recalls his efforts to extinguish fire were futile
30 Jun 2023
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Stardust witness says 'all sorts of tall tales' told about what happened on the night of the fire
27 Jun 2023
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Stardust inquest: Witness heard 'screaming' as main doors were closed to prevent re-entry
23 Jun 2023
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Stardust floor manager told gardaí he heard Eamon Butterly say: 'The b*st**ds started a fire'
20 Jun 2023
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Stardust inquest hears from waitress who was collecting glasses when ceiling began to 'collapse'
16 Jun 2023
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Witness tells Stardust inquest the outside door of club was locked when he went to leave
13 Jun 2023
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Ross Hutch told gardaí ‘it’s the f**king feud’ after he found cousin shot dead, court hears
13 Jun 2023
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Couple tell inquest of feeling guilt after only child skipped wedding to attend Stardust dance
16 May 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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Family want to reclaim loved one from 'devastation' of the Stardust, inquest hears
5 May 2023
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Friend of Stardust victim tells inquest of seeing 'terrible things that nobody should ever see'
Updated 2 May 2023
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