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# stardust
Need a new podcast to delve into? Give TheJournal.ie's award-winning Stardust a listen
The podcast won gold at the New York Festivals Radio Awards earlier this week.
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Apr 25th 2020, 8:30 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
TheJournal.ie's Stardust podcast nominated for two prestigious awards
The six-part podcast has been nominated in the Celtic Media Festival and New York Radio Festival awards.
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Mar 21st 2020, 11:00 AM
# stardust
With new inquests announced, Stardust families remember, but also look forward at vigil for loved ones
The local community and beyond turned up this week to mark the 39th anniversary of the Stardust fire.
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Feb 15th 2020, 8:10 AM
# Artane
'Remember, these names, they were all real people': Vigil marks 39 years since the Stardust disaster
A permanent plaque listing all 48 names was unveiled.
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Feb 14th 2020, 3:38 PM
# new inquiry
Attorney General: Decision to open fresh Stardust inquest drew on 'analogies' from Hillsborough disaster
48 young people died in the fire at the north Dublin nightclub almost four decades ago.
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Jan 12th 2020, 1:37 PM
# stardust
'Please god we get closure once and for all': How Stardust families got the break they needed in 2019
After years of unsuccessfully seeking new inquiries, new inquests were ordered into the deaths of Stardust victims this year.
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Dec 27th 2019, 10:27 PM
# 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
# Podcast
Need a new podcast for over the holidays? Here's how to listen to TheJournal.ie's Stardust
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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Dec 23rd 2019, 9:30 PM
Voices
'I just thought, okay this is probably it': A survivor describes her experience in the Stardust that night
Linda Bishop was one of the clubgoers on the night of 13 February who spoke to the Stardust podcast.
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Nov 29th 2019, 10:56 AM
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
'Devastating and important': Behind the scenes at the Stardust podcast as the fight for justice continued
Over the course of months, TheJournal.ie produced the Stardust podcast. Here’s how.
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Nov 29th 2019, 10:55 AM
# they never came home
Christy Moore pays tribute to victims of Stardust fire
The singer-songwriter sang They Never Came Home on the Late Late Show.
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Nov 23rd 2019, 11:55 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
'It's the worst scandal that remains unresolved': Stardust episode five out now
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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Nov 7th 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 podcast
'It was the biggest show on our side really': Episode one of Stardust out now
In episode one, we take a look at what Ireland – and Dublin – was like at the beginning of the 1980s.
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Oct 10th 2019, 5:15 PM
# 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
Stardust fire: New inquests ordered into 1981 fire that killed 48 young people
48 people died in the Stardust fire in Artane, north Dublin on 14 February 1981.
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Sep 25th 2019, 6:28 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
# stardust
Families of Stardust victims to meet with Taoiseach today as part of fresh bid for new inquests
Campaigners submitted documents supporting their calls for new inquests to the Office of the Attorney General last month.
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May 29th 2019, 6:00 AM
# 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
# Human Rights Commissioner
Families of Stardust fire victims meet with Europe commissioner about new inquiry
Witnesses have claimed that the fire broke out in a completely different part of the nightclub than previous tribunals stated.
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Mar 26th 2019, 5:10 PM
# never came home
Stardust families seek fresh inquest, 37 years after coroner returned no verdict in fire deaths
A total of 48 people died in the fire.
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Apr 13th 2018, 6:00 AM
# Tragedy
'We fulfilled our commitments': Justice Minister says no grounds for further Stardust investigation
A total of 48 people died and 214 were injured in the Stardust tragedy.
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Dec 15th 2017, 10:45 AM
# Tragedy
'No new inquiry warranted': Stardust report finds cause of fire may never be known
A total of 48 people died and 214 were injured in the Stardust tragedy.
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Nov 7th 2017, 5:08 PM
# Dublin
A bank is trying to repossess the plush home of one of the Stardust nightclub owners
Colm Butterly owes more than €170,000 on a mortgage to EBS.
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May 4th 2017, 12:59 PM
# artane 1981
Retired judge has three months to review new details from Stardust fire tragedy
The government agreed an independent person would review the new evidence Stardust victims’ families say has recently been discovered.
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Mar 7th 2017, 8:14 PM
# artane 1981
Independent person to review new details from Stardust fire tragedy
Families say new evidence has come to light and are calling for a new inquiry into the 1981 fire.
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Jan 25th 2017, 5:30 PM
# coroner's inquest
"Insults towards the Stardust victims" submission delivered to Attorney General
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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Oct 1st 2016, 5:50 AM
# 35 years on
New garda file sent to DPP over Stardust tragedy
It follows a complaint by a researcher working with the Stardust Victims’ Committee.
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Apr 7th 2016, 11:33 AM
# terror blaze
State Papers 1985: Garret Fitzgerald's government wasn't too keen on helping Stardust victims
An official wanted a redress scheme kept well away from the Taoiseach’s department.
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Dec 31st 2015, 8:30 AM
# dept of justice
"Enough is enough": Stardust campaigners holding sit-in over tragic deaths
They are looking for a new investigation into the nightclub blaze.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 12:24 PM
# fatal blaze
Stardust campaigners to hand new information to Minister over fatal fire
They say that they have “waited 33 years and 10 months” for the submission.
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Oct 21st 2014, 7:20 AM
# For Sale
Site of former Stardust premises put up for sale for €7 million
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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Aug 28th 2014, 4:00 PM
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