# stardust-fire - Monday 28 February, 2022
# Stardust Inquest
# Stardust Inquest
Eamon Butterly claims that the new inquest into the disaster could wrongfully make him a target for a verdict of unlawful killing.
# stardust-fire - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Eamon Butterly had sought a ruling to preclude the possible verdict of unlawful killing.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 22 February, 2022
# Stardust Inquest
# Stardust Inquest
The bill was brought forward by Sinn Féin senator Lynn Boylan and will be introduced in the Seanad tomorrow.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 16 February, 2022
# Stardust Inquest
# Stardust Inquest
Senior Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane made the announcement today.
# stardust-fire - Monday 14 February, 2022
# 41 Years On
# 41 Years On
The memorial was launched by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation today.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Campaigners said this morning that the Department Of Justice has reneged on its “past promises” to pay for work undertaken by their legal representatives.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Stardust
# Stardust
A problem with securing legal for the families of some of the Stardust victims has been resolved, a pre-inquest hearing was told today.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
The inquests will examine the deaths of the 48 people who died in the Stardust fire in 1981.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 22 April, 2021
# Stardust
# Stardust
Solicitor Darragh Mackin and Sinn Féin Senator Lynn Boylan have written to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee on the issue.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
The latest pre-inquest hearing for the victims of the Stardust fire took place this afternoon.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Stardust Inquests
# Stardust Inquests
A legal aid logjam for family members of victims meant that the inquests could have been significantly delayed.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Opposition parties have urged the Taoiseach and the government to prevent any further delay right after the 40th anniversary of the disaster.
# stardust-fire - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
In the early hours of Valentine’s day 40 years ago, there was a fire in the Stardust club in north Dublin.
# stardust-fire - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Stardust
# Stardust
The coroner conducting the inquests has said she will not be “bound by any findings of [previous] inquests or any other investigation”.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Line In The Sand
# Line In The Sand
Families welcomed the beginning of this long-awaited process outside Dublin District Coroner’s Court today.
# stardust-fire - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
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.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 5 August, 2020
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
A dedicated website in relation to the new inquests has now been set up with the pre-inquest hearing due to commence in September.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
Christine’s tireless work alongside the families of other victims laid the foundations for the new inquests for the victims of the fire.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
# Stardust Podcast
# Stardust Podcast
The longform six-part documentary podcast got the nod last night at the prestigious awards.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 26 December, 2019
# Stardust Pod
# Stardust Pod
Over the course of six months, TheJournal.ie produced the Stardust podcast. Here’s how.
# stardust-fire - Friday 29 November, 2019
# First Responder
# First Responder
Dave Fitzgerald was among the first responders who were quick to the scene of the Stardust in the early hours of 14 February 1981.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 14 November, 2019
# Stardust Podcast
# Stardust Podcast
The sixth and final episode of Stardust is available now.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 31 October, 2019
# Stardust Podcast
# Stardust Podcast
The fourth episode of Stardust looks at the days and weeks immediately after the horrific tragedy.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 24 October, 2019
# Stardust Podcast
# Stardust Podcast
The events of the fire itself and the efforts from emergency services who rushed to the scene are described in episode three.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Stardust Podcast
# Stardust Podcast
The second episode of Stardust delves into the stories of those who went there that night and the history of the building in Artane.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Stardust Pod
# Stardust Pod
TheJournal.ie is launching a major six-part series on the 1981 Stardust fire .
# stardust-fire - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# The Stardust Fire
# The Stardust Fire
At an emotional press conference today, families of the Stardust fire victims reacted to the new inquests for their loved ones.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Families of the victims have urged the Attorney General to grant new inquests, but that decision has been delayed a number of times.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
# Fitting Tribute
# Fitting Tribute
Families of victims of the fire today called for local election candidates to back their calls for a memorial at the site.
# stardust-fire - Saturday 13 April, 2019
# Historical Inquiry
# Historical Inquiry
The government has ruled out new inquiries into the fire, but the Stardust Victims Committee have renewed their calls in recent weeks.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Attorney General
# Attorney General
New documents have been submitted to the Attorney General.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# 33 Years On
# 33 Years On
A garda investigation was recently launched into both 1981 tribunal and subsequent review.
# stardust-fire - Tuesday 11 February, 2014
# 33 Years On
# 33 Years On
The Stardust Victims Committee claim they have new evidence which points to perjury in the 1981 Keane Tribunal.
# stardust-fire - Monday 3 February, 2014
# 33 Years
# 33 Years
The original inquiry into the 1981 fire that killed 48 people in Dublin found that it was caused by probable arson.
# stardust-fire - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
Alan Shatter says no new inquiry is needed, but family members of victims say that is not good enough.
# Stardust Fire
# Stardust Fire
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.
# stardust-fire - Thursday 22 August, 2013
# Stardust
# Stardust
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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