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# Stardust fire

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2022
# Stardust fire
Fresh inquests into Stardust nightclub tragedy won't start before April 2023
The announcement was made at a pre-inquest hearing this afternoon.
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Nov 23rd 2022, 3:14 PM
# stardust inquest
Judge wants Stardust inquest challenge heard as soon as possible
Eamon Butterly claims that the new inquest into the disaster could wrongfully make him a target for a verdict of unlawful killing.
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Feb 28th 2022, 5:20 PM
# Stardust fire
Stardust manager seeks judicial review ahead of inquests into fire deaths of 48 people
Eamon Butterly had sought a ruling to preclude the possible verdict of unlawful killing.
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Feb 25th 2022, 10:31 AM
# stardust inquest
Stardust campaigners call for jurors to be paid using portion of €8 million budget
The bill was brought forward by Sinn Féin senator Lynn Boylan and will be introduced in the Seanad tomorrow.
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Feb 22nd 2022, 7:00 PM
# stardust inquest
'Unlawful killing' will not be ruled out as a verdict at Stardust inquest, coroner says
Senior Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane made the announcement today.
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Feb 16th 2022, 6:38 PM
# 41 years on
Taoiseach unveils memorial to Stardust victims on 41st anniversary of the tragedy
The memorial was launched by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today.
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Feb 14th 2022, 5:24 PM
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# Stardust fire
Calls for urgent resolution to legal fees impasse for Stardust families
Campaigners said this morning that the Department Of Justice has reneged on its “past promises” to pay for work undertaken by their legal representatives.
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Sep 16th 2021, 4:38 PM
# stardust
Fresh inquests into Stardust tragedy may commence in the autumn after long wait for families
A problem with securing legal for the families of some of the Stardust victims has been resolved, a pre-inquest hearing was told today.
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Jun 23rd 2021, 3:36 PM
# Stardust fire
Families of Stardust victims to be given legal aid, paving the way for new inquests into disaster to begin
The inquests will examine the deaths of the 48 people who died in the Stardust fire in 1981.
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May 19th 2021, 7:34 PM
# stardust
Minister urged to take action on 'indefensible' delay preventing start of Stardust inquests
Solicitor Darragh Mackin and Sinn Féin Senator Lynn Boylan have written to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee on the issue.
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Apr 22nd 2021, 9:58 AM
# Stardust fire
'There's a further bump in the road. It's deeply regrettable': Stardust inquests hit with more delays
The latest pre-inquest hearing for the victims of the Stardust fire took place this afternoon.
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Mar 24th 2021, 3:47 PM
# stardust inquests
Stardust fire: Legal aid funding issue is resolved, clearing path for inquests to get under way
A legal aid logjam for family members of victims meant that the inquests could have been significantly delayed.
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Feb 25th 2021, 9:22 AM
# Stardust fire
Stardust: Government urged to solve legal aid logjam that is delaying start of inquests
Opposition parties have urged the Taoiseach and the government to prevent any further delay right after the 40th anniversary of the disaster.
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Feb 16th 2021, 12:05 AM
# Stardust fire
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.
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Feb 13th 2021, 12:05 AM
# stardust
40 years on, Stardust families hope for answers from largest scale inquests in modern Irish history
The coroner conducting the inquests has said she will not be “bound by any findings of [previous] inquests or any other investigation”.
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Jan 1st 2021, 12:05 AM
# Line in the sand
There was 'State-sponsored effort to cover up' what happened at Stardust disaster, solicitor tells first inquest hearing
Families welcomed the beginning of this long-awaited process outside Dublin District Coroner’s Court today.
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Oct 14th 2020, 5:16 PM
# Stardust fire
The first hearing ahead of the new inquest for the Stardust fire victims will take place this week
In 1981, 48 people died in a fire at a nightclub in north Dublin and families have long campaigned for fresh inquests into their deaths.
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Oct 12th 2020, 6:10 AM
# Stardust fire
Fresh Stardust inquests confirmed to take place in Dublin Castle early next year
A dedicated website in relation to the new inquests has now been set up with the pre-inquest hearing due to commence in September.
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Aug 5th 2020, 7:21 PM
# RIP
'Our hero, our fighter': Stardust campaigner Christine Keegan - who lost two daughters in tragedy - has died
Christine’s tireless work alongside the families of other victims laid the foundations for the new inquests for the victims of the fire.
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Jul 15th 2020, 10:29 AM
# stardust podcast
TheJournal.ie's Stardust wins gold at New York Festivals Radio awards
The longform six-part documentary podcast got the nod last night at the prestigious awards.
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Apr 22nd 2020, 6:00 AM
# stardust pod
'Devastating and important': Behind the scenes at the Stardust podcast as the fight for justice continued
Over the course of six months, TheJournal.ie produced the Stardust podcast. Here’s how.
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Dec 26th 2019, 12:00 PM
Voices
'We were the first emergency responders there ... it was chaos': A firefighter on rushing to the scene of Stardust fire
Dave Fitzgerald was among the first responders who were quick to the scene of the Stardust in the early hours of 14 February 1981.
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Nov 29th 2019, 10:55 AM
# stardust podcast
'They just want it to go away but it won't': Sixth and final episode of Stardust out now
The sixth and final episode of Stardust is available now.
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Nov 14th 2019, 7:00 AM
# stardust podcast
'All we were doing was going to funerals. All the Northside': Stardust episode four out now
The fourth episode of Stardust looks at the days and weeks immediately after the horrific tragedy.
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Oct 31st 2019, 7:00 AM
# stardust podcast
'And then everything just went black': Episode three of Stardust out now
The events of the fire itself and the efforts from emergency services who rushed to the scene are described in episode three.
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Oct 24th 2019, 6:30 AM
# stardust podcast
'There was a big build up to it for weeks': Episode two of Stardust out now
The second episode of Stardust delves into the stories of those who went there that night and the history of the building in Artane.
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Oct 17th 2019, 7:30 AM
# stardust pod
Introducing Stardust: A new podcast from TheJournal.ie
TheJournal.ie is launching a major six-part series on the 1981 Stardust fire.
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Oct 10th 2019, 6:30 AM
# the stardust fire
Stardust: 'These families were spectators but today they enter the ring in their own fight for justice'
At an emotional press conference today, families of the Stardust fire victims reacted to the new inquests for their loved ones.
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Sep 26th 2019, 8:00 PM
# Stardust fire
'Do the right thing. Finally lift the lid on this': Stardust activists urge end to delay on inquest decision
Families of the victims have urged the Attorney General to grant new inquests, but that decision has been delayed a number of times.
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Sep 24th 2019, 2:29 PM
# fitting tribute
'We need closure on this': Stardust families call for memorial on site of fire which is now up for sale
Families of victims of the fire today called for local election candidates to back their calls for a memorial at the site.
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Apr 30th 2019, 1:00 PM
# historical inquiry
Stardust campaigners invoke Hillsborough and Grenfell probes in outlining 'compelling' case for new inquests
The government has ruled out new inquiries into the fire, but the Stardust Victims Committee have renewed their calls in recent weeks.
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Apr 13th 2019, 10:00 PM
# Attorney General
Stardust fire campaigners move forward in 'strongest' attempt to hold new inquest
New documents have been submitted to the Attorney General.
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Apr 2nd 2019, 4:48 PM
# 33 years on
Stardust families are to meet gardaí tomorrow as their fight for a fresh inquiry continues
A garda investigation was recently launched into both 1981 tribunal and subsequent review.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 10:54 PM
# 33 years on
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the Stardust fire inquiry
The Stardust Victims Committee claim they have new evidence which points to perjury in the 1981 Keane Tribunal.
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Feb 11th 2014, 11:50 AM
# 33 years
Stardust families will release ‘new pages’ from review of evidence
The original inquiry into the 1981 fire that killed 48 people in Dublin found that it was caused by probable arson.
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Feb 3rd 2014, 11:00 PM
# Stardust fire
'33 years on, Stardust victims are still being ignored'
Alan Shatter says no new inquiry is needed, but family members of victims say that is not good enough.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 7:08 PM
# Stardust fire
No new inquiry into Stardust tragedy
The families of victims say that there is new evidence, but Alan Shatter says it is not enough for a new inquiry into the fire.
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Jan 22nd 2014, 3:22 PM
# stardust
Alan Shatter rules out any fresh inquiry into the Stardust disaster
The Justice Minister will not be using the new Oirechtas inquiries law to establish a new inquiry into the Valentine’s Night fire which killed 48 people in 1981.
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Aug 22nd 2013, 7:31 AM