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# EAMON BUTTERLY

This year
2023
Eamon Butterly tells Stardust inquest management at the club was not 'up to dealing with fire'
The former Stardust manager agreed with lawyers that the only preparation for the possibility of a fire at the club was that he would “ring the fire brigade”.
Former Stardust boss accepts he was told 'in no uncertain terms' not to lock and chain doors
Eamon Butterly also told the inquest that he stands over his company’s malicious damage claim on the fire.
Former Stardust manager tells inquest it was 'unsafe' to keep exit doors locked on disco nights
Eamon Butterly said ‘the consequences would be bad’ if the doors were locked during an emergency, but told the inquest that staff ‘would be keeping an eye on the doors’.
Former Stardust manager tells inquest he regrets ‘converting that factory into a nightclub'
Eamon Butterly, in his fifth day as a witness at the inquests into the deaths of those who died in the fire, also denied that he had told ‘lies’ over ‘contradictory’ statements.
Former Stardust boss 'agreed' with policy to keep exit doors locked for portion of nights
Eamon Butterly told the inquest the policy was the head doorman’s initiative and could not say how much of the policy he was “willing to own”.
Former Stardust boss denies telling security guard exit doors were locked years before fire
Eamon Butterly also told the inquest he did not find out what surface spread of flame rating meant before carpet tiles were used on the walls of the nightclub.
Former Stardust boss denies 'throwing doorman under the bus' over locking of exit doors
A large number of eyewitness accounts, some graphic, of people attempting to escape the club during the blaze were put to Mr Butterly.
Former Stardust manager gives evidence for the first time at inquests
Eamon Butterly is seen as crucial in determining the events of the night and the circumstances that led to the largest fire disaster in the history of the State.
Last year
2022
Judge wants Stardust inquest challenge heard as soon as possible
Eamon Butterly claims that the new inquest into the disaster could wrongfully make him a target for a verdict of unlawful killing.
Stardust manager seeks judicial review ahead of inquests into fire deaths of 48 people
Eamon Butterly had sought a ruling to preclude the possible verdict of unlawful killing.