# stardust - Saturday 15 February, 2020
The local community and beyond turned up this week to mark the 39th anniversary of the Stardust fire.
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# stardust - Friday 14 February, 2020
A permanent plaque listing all 48 names was unveiled.
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# stardust - Sunday 12 January, 2020
48 young people died in the fire at the north Dublin nightclub almost four decades ago.
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# stardust - Friday 27 December, 2019
After years of unsuccessfully seeking new inquiries, new inquests were ordered into the deaths of Stardust victims this year.
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# stardust - Thursday 26 December, 2019
Over the course of six months, TheJournal.ie produced the Stardust podcast. Here’s how.
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# stardust - Monday 23 December, 2019
In a six episode series described as ‘devastating and important’ by The Guardian, TheJournal.ie will take you through the story from the start to the current day.
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# stardust - Friday 29 November, 2019
Linda Bishop was one of the clubgoers on the night of 13 February who spoke to the Stardust podcast.
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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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Over the course of months, TheJournal.ie produced the Stardust podcast. Here’s how.
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# stardust - Saturday 23 November, 2019
The singer-songwriter sang They Never Came Home on the Late Late Show.
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# stardust - Thursday 14 November, 2019
The sixth and final episode of Stardust is available now.
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# stardust - Thursday 7 November, 2019
The fifth episode of Stardust looks at the Tribunal of Inquiry that followed the fire and how families organised their initial fight for justice.
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# stardust - Thursday 31 October, 2019
The fourth episode of Stardust looks at the days and weeks immediately after the horrific tragedy.
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# stardust - Thursday 24 October, 2019
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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# stardust - Thursday 17 October, 2019
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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# stardust - Thursday 10 October, 2019
In episode one, we take a look at what Ireland – and Dublin – was like at the beginning of the 1980s.
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TheJournal.ie is launching a major six-part series on the 1981 Stardust fire.
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# stardust - Thursday 26 September, 2019
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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# stardust - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
48 people died in the Stardust fire in Artane, north Dublin on 14 February 1981.
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# stardust - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
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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# stardust - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
Campaigners submitted documents supporting their calls for new inquests to the Office of the Attorney General last month.
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# stardust - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
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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# stardust - Saturday 13 April, 2019
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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# stardust - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
New documents have been submitted to the Attorney General.
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# stardust - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
Witnesses have claimed that the fire broke out in a completely different part of the nightclub than previous tribunals stated.
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# stardust - Friday 13 April, 2018
A total of 48 people died in the fire.
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# stardust - Friday 15 December, 2017
A total of 48 people died and 214 were injured in the Stardust tragedy.
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# stardust - Tuesday 7 November, 2017
A total of 48 people died and 214 were injured in the Stardust tragedy.
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# stardust - Thursday 4 May, 2017
Colm Butterly owes more than €170,000 on a mortgage to EBS.
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# stardust - Tuesday 7 March, 2017
The government agreed an independent person would review the new evidence Stardust victims’ families say has recently been discovered.
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# stardust - Wednesday 25 January, 2017
Families say new evidence has come to light and are calling for a new inquiry into the 1981 fire.
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# stardust - Saturday 1 October, 2016
The submission details all the “errors and omissions” of both the Keane Tribunal and the Coffey Review of the 1981 fire tragedy.
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# stardust - Thursday 7 April, 2016
It follows a complaint by a researcher working with the Stardust Victims’ Committee.
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# stardust - Thursday 31 December, 2015
An official wanted a redress scheme kept well away from the Taoiseach’s department.
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# stardust - Thursday 2 July, 2015
They are looking for a new investigation into the nightclub blaze.
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# stardust - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
They say that they have “waited 33 years and 10 months” for the submission.
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# stardust - Thursday 28 August, 2014
The family of victims say they are happy for the sale to proceed once plans for a memorial are followed through.
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# stardust - Thursday 14 August, 2014
One survivor said she was not happy with how the meeting went.
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# stardust - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
Geraldine Foy is a researcher for Stardust campaigners and has been in contact with Minister Frances Fitzgerald’s department.
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# stardust - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
The families described the handling of the incident as an “open political sore”.
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