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Cabinet to agree on €500k compensation for each person killed in Stardust nightclub fire

The Cabinet is to sign off on a 24 million euro redress scheme for the families of those affected by the Stardust fire. Forty-eight people were killed when the blaze ripped through the Dublin nightclub in 1981. After a more than 40-year campaign for ...

09 Aug 2024 at 16:44

National News

Verdict in landmark Stardust inquests to be announced today

The jury's in the landmark Stardust inquests will be announced at 2pm today. Families of the 48 victims of the Stardust tragedy will gather today at the Dublin District Coroner's Court, as the long-running and long anticipated inquests reach their ...

18 Apr 2024 at 08:40

National News

Jury to deliver verdicts in Stardust fire inquests

A jury will later deliver its verdicts in the inquests of 48 people who died in a nightclub fire in Dublin more than 40 years ago. The foreman of the jury in the Stardust fire inquests told coroner Myra Cullinane on Wednesday that majority ...

18 Apr 2024 at 12:44

National News

Taoiseach Simon Harris reacts to Stardust tragedy ruling: 'one of the darkest moments in our history'

Taoiseach Simon Harris has issued a statement following the 'unlawful killing' verdict of the Stardust tragedy inquest. The deaths of 48 people in 1981 at Dublin's Stardust nightclub has been ruled as 'unlawful killing' by the jury this ...

18 Apr 2024 at 15:50

Stardust verdicts: ‘Cathartic’ release for families who sought justice

National News

Stardust verdicts: Release of joy for families who spent decades seeking justice

There was a moment before the jury returned their verdicts into the 1981 Stardust tragedy where time seemed to stand still. For families who had campaigned for years for justice and who attended the emotional and lengthy inquest, it ...

18 Apr 2024 at 18:17

Northern Ireland

Unlawful killing verdicts returned for all 48 victims of the Stardust disaster

A verdict of unlawful killing has been returned by the jury in the Stardust fire inquests for all 48 people who died in the 1981 Dublin nightclub disaster. The devastating blaze in Artane, north Dublin, broke out in the early hours ...

18 Apr 2024 at 17:42

National News

Irish premier ‘eager to be in a position to apologise’ over Stardust tragedy

Irish premier Simon Harris has said he is “eager to be in a position to apologise” to the families of those killed in the Stardust fire tragedy. Families of the 48 young people who died in the blaze that ripped through the ...

19 Apr 2024 at 18:10

National News

Support for Stardust families to be in place ‘very shortly’ – Taoiseach

The State is planning to put counselling support in place for the Stardust families, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said. A day after delivering a State apology to the families, he thanked them for engaging with him and said ...

24 Apr 2024 at 14:45

National News

Gardai begin compiling old case files after unlawful killing Stardust verdict

Gardai have begun to compile old case files about the 1981 Stardust fire tragedy, after an inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing last week. Taoiseach Simon Harris apologised on behalf of the state to the ...

25 Apr 2024 at 16:35

Irish premier confirms State apology for Stardust families

National News

Stardust families to receive State apology

Irish premier Simon Harris said he “apologised unreservedly” to the families of the 48 people killed in a fire at a Dublin nightclub in 1981, after a more than 40-year campaign for justice. Families whose loved ...

20 Apr 2024 at 14:52

National News

Jury in the Stardust inquests ‘very close’ to reaching verdicts

The jury in the Stardust inquests are “very close” to reaching their verdicts, the court has been told. It is the tenth day the seven women and five men have been deliberating. The inquests into the deaths of ...

16 Apr 2024 at 16:13

National News

Fresh inquests into the 1981 Stardust tragedy hoped to commence in September

A Dublin coroner has said she would like to see an inquest into the Stardust tragedy commence before more family members die. Forty-eight people died in the nightclub fire in Dublin on February 14 1981. A ...

15 Jun 2022 at 17:59

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