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26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Stardust survivor heard youth claim he knew who started the fire, inquest hears
Mr Keogh said that he tried to open an exit door but failed, and then lay down on the floor beside a girl and put his coat over himself.
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Stardust survivor recalls watching nightclub roof collapse and realising her husband was dead
The jury heard that the couple and their two children were due to move to Kerry the day after the fire.
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Stardust deemed 'pretty horrendous' fire risk with 'highly combustible' materials, inquest hears
The inquest heard a new cold room had been installed built with aluminium and polystyrene foam insulation, which was considered ‘highly combustible’.
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Nov 22nd 2023, 9:34 PM
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Stardust ceiling was 'raining flames' causing ashtrays to ignite on tables below
Evidence was given today by three women from Derry who lost their friend in the fatal fire.
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Nov 16th 2023, 10:40 PM
Stardust survivor tells inquest fire was a 'monster' that was 'coming after you'
The inquest continues today in the Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital.
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Nov 10th 2023, 7:53 AM
Teen who murdered Urantsetseg Tserendorj to remain serving life sentence after appeal rejected
Justice Tara Burns said that none of the appellant’s grounds of appeal could be upheld.
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Nov 2nd 2023, 12:32 PM
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Stardust survivor tells inquest of watching a girl burn in the nightclub fire
The jury at the inquest today heard evidence from a number of patrons who attended Stardust on the night of the fire.
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Oct 26th 2023, 6:49 PM
Stardust patron tells inquest what she saw on night of fatal blaze was like 'looking into hell'
Christine Carr told the jury that she saw “a wall of fire” in the club.
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Oct 25th 2023, 7:00 PM
Witnesses say they saw exit doors chained and locked in Stardust nightclub on night of fire
A former employee said the doors were always locked with a padlock and chain.
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Oct 18th 2023, 6:45 PM
Witnesses describe moment boxing coach Pete Taylor charged at gunman who opened fire on gym
Both witnesses claimed Pete Taylor charged at the gunman after he entered the boxing club.
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Oct 9th 2023, 8:07 PM
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.
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Oct 5th 2023, 7:27 PM
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’.
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Oct 4th 2023, 3:02 PM
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2023
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”.
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Sep 27th 2023, 7:45 PM
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.
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Sep 26th 2023, 7:59 PM
Stardust waitress 'shocked' by statement quoting her saying exit doors were never chained shut
In response to a question from a member of the coroner’s legal team, Cobbe said: “There were always chains and locks on the doors.”
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Sep 19th 2023, 6:23 PM
Murder accused sent WhatsApp messages about 'opening up' victim's face in alleged assault
The jury at the Central Criminal Court heard that the accused said the victim “had it coming to him”.
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Jul 19th 2023, 5:50 PM
Enoch Burke ordered to pay legal costs to school that suspended him
In May, Justice Owens found that Burke was lawfully suspended from his teaching position at the school.
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Jul 17th 2023, 8:15 PM
Stardust doorman tells inquest he cannot say if doors were unlocked on the night of the fire
Leo Doyle said he had no idea who came up with the idea of draping chains over the club’s doors to give the impression that they were locked.
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Jul 12th 2023, 7:22 PM
Stardust doorman rejects claim that he blamed patrons for not being able to exit nightclub
John Furley said there was “wholesale panic” inside the nightclub on the night of the fire.
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Jul 6th 2023, 9:08 PM
Stardust doorman claims witnesses 'wrong' about seeing him kick padlock off exit door
John Furley said he first saw a seat on fire in the nigthclub, followed by a“a wave of smoke” the full width of an alcove coming right across the dancefloor.
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Jul 5th 2023, 8:45 PM
Stardust barman gives evidence for the first time of helping to save a girl from the fire
Cormac Rose was 17 when he worked in the Silver Swan bar, which was attached to the Stardust ballroom.
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Jun 29th 2023, 7:55 PM
Stardust floor manager thought fire was deliberately started so people could 'rob the bars'
Phelim Kinahan gave evidence remotely to the Dublin Coroner’s Court accompanied by a legal advisor.
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Jun 22nd 2023, 6:34 PM
Stardust witness allegedly heard speaking to person off camera about locked doors
Earlier in the day, Kinahan said that he did not remember the doors being locked.
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Jun 21st 2023, 8:19 PM
Stardust doorman tells inquest of putting chains around exit doors to 'trick teenagers'
Francis Kenny, who was 22 at the time, agreed with a barrister that a person would reasonably assume they needed to check another exit because one with a chain was locked.
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Jun 15th 2023, 7:43 PM
Witness tells Stardust inquest he used his bike lamp to help find keys to open a locked door
Edward McNamee, who was working in the club on the night of the fire, said he saw flames “creep out along the wall like a mushroom”.
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Jun 14th 2023, 6:57 PM
Stardust inquests hear that 'steel plates' were welded over toilet windows before fatal fire
At today’s sitting, the jury was presented with background facts or “agreed facts”.
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May 24th 2023, 5:10 PM
'The dead cannot cry out for justice': State has failed families of Stardust victims, inquest hears
48 people lost their lives in the fire at the Stardust Ballroom on February 14, 1981.
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May 11th 2023, 5:12 PM
Toddler sat waiting for sister killed in Stardust fire to come home for months, inquest hears
The Stardust tragedy saw 48 young people killed and over 200 people injured.
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May 4th 2023, 3:25 PM
Sister of Stardust victim left with fear 'like a physical sickness', inquest hears
The third day of the new inquest took place today in the Rotunda Hospital.
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Apr 27th 2023, 4:39 PM
Families of Stardust victims describe emotional toll of tragedy at inquest sitting
48 people died and over 200 were injured in the fire in 1981.
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Apr 26th 2023, 3:53 PM
Trial date set for man accused of murdering Lisa Thompson
Brian McHugh, of Cairn Court, Poppintree, Ballymun, will go on trial on 26 February 2024.
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Apr 24th 2023, 1:07 PM
Woman who stabbed dad to death on 94th birthday found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity
Two psychiatrists said the accused did not know that what she was doing was wrong.
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Apr 20th 2023, 5:12 PM
Stephen Silver found guilty of the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in June 2020
Silver had pleaded not guilty to the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in June 2020.
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Mar 15th 2023, 4:25 PM
Jury begins deliberations in trial of Stephen Silver for capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan
Silver has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Garda Horkan in 2020, but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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Mar 13th 2023, 6:06 PM
Stephen Silver: Shooting of garda 'a deliberate action with intent of murder,' trial told
Silver has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Garda Colm Horkan in 2020, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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Mar 9th 2023, 5:59 PM
'No evidence' that accused in Garda Colm Horkan shooting had mental health relapse, court told
A consultant psychiatrist told the Central Criminal Court that Stephen Silver is an “unreliable historian” of his mental health difficulties.
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Mar 8th 2023, 6:00 PM
Murder accused Stephen Silver told detectives Garda Colm Horkan went for gun after 'losing struggle'
The jury at the Central Criminal Court were shown a video recording of Silver’s first interview the day after his arrest.
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Feb 15th 2023, 6:48 PM
Garda murder accused was 'looking crazy' after shooting, witness tells trial
Stephen Silver is being tried for the capital murder of Garda Horkan in June 2020.
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Feb 13th 2023, 6:01 PM
Man charged with murder of Garda Horkan was roaring in the street about snipers, trial hears
Stephen Silver has pleaded not guilty to capital murder.
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Feb 2nd 2023, 6:37 PM
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Husband of murdered Urantsetseg Tserendorj says it is hard to carry on living after her death
Tserendorj was stabbed in Dublin city on 20 January 2021, after a teenager attempted to rob her.
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Dec 23rd 2022, 7:41 AM
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