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Government rejected call for change after Stardust tragedy, archives show

A total of 48 young people died in the nightclub blaze in Artane in Dublin on Valentine’s Day in 1981.

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Dec 27th 2020, 10:25 AM

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Mum (79) stages sit-in at Justice Department over deaths of her daughters in fire

Christine Keegan wants her daughters’ names removed from the two official reports on the blaze.

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Sep 1st 2015, 12:58 PM

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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