Cost of Stardust fire inquests set to top €20m
After 122 days of sittings, a jury found all 48 victims, aged between 16 and 27, unlawfully killed
Stardust
Read more news and analysis on the Stardust nightclub fire that killed 48 people on Valentine's Day 1981 in Artane, Dublin.
Eamon Butterly must pay legal costs of Stardust families relating to High Court application
Costs relate to emergency application by former Stardust manager challenging decision of Dublin city coroner
State remembrance ceremony for Stardust victims takes place in Dublin
Commemorations were led by President Michael D Higgins who will invite survivors and victims’ families to Áras an Uachtaráin in Autumn
Details of Stardust redress scheme announced with barrister appointed to mediate
‘Two-phased’ approach will see payment in respect of victims followed by phase for survivors
President to lead Stardust memorial ceremony this weekend
Event will include performances by musicians such as Christy Moore, violinist Zoe Conway and uileann piper Kevin Rowsome
Terence Wheelock’s brother calls for public inquiry over 2005 death in Dublin Garda station
Sammy Wheelock says he takes inspiration from the Stardust families and that ‘justice should be done’ over his brother’s death
Stardust remembrance ceremony to take place in June
Families describe move as ‘very welcome’ following inquest verdict in April
Stardust review: Excellent documentary that quite rightly conveys the full horror of that night
Television: Three-part film’s strength comes in never falling into ghoulishness or sensationalism
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How did the unfounded claim that the Stardust fire was caused by arson take hold?
The original findings from the 1982 report that the fire was started deliberately have been debunked
Joe Duffy’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s Stardust apology somehow captures the wider mood
Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood
The Irish Times view on the Coroners’ Courts: Stardust shows need for reform
If Simon Harris is serious about his stated intention to make amends for the 43-year wait endured by the Stardust families, he should take the opportunity to fundamentally reform the service
Stardust deaths: Cold-case gardaí ordered to examine possibility of criminal inquiry
Inquest verdicts of unlawful killings following 1981 blaze has brought investigations ‘back to the fore’, says Garda chief
Stardust fire disaster: redress scheme for victims’ families ‘likely’, Martin says
Families will be contacted over supports such as counselling and what form a national commemoration should take, says Simon Harris
Harris shows he can project empathy in Stardust apology
Focus for the Stardust families now turns to accountability as they welcome the belated State apology
Miriam Lord: Simon Harris acknowledges wrong done to Stardust families. Now he must do right by them
Taoiseach impressed with powerful State apology for the persistent and appalling treatment of the families by the authorities
State and institutions actively participated in narrative to ‘defame’ Stardust families, Dáil hears
Independent TD and barrister Catherine Connolly excoriates ‘self-serving’ reports where ‘the powerful protect the powerful’
Stardust families welcome belated State apology - and say accountability should be next
‘The institutions of this State failed you,’ Taoiseach Simon Harris says to families of the 48 people unlawfully killed in Stardust fire
Harris’s empathetic apology to Stardust families shows he has a quality that is key in modern politics
This was not a test of his decision-making – it was a test of his ability to perform as Taoiseach
The Irish Times view on the Stardust apology: a belated acknowledgment of State wrongdoing
Addressing the families in the Visitors’ Gallery, the Taoiseach apologised for the successive rebuffs and humiliations visited on them
‘We failed you when you needed us most’: Taoiseach issues State apology to Stardust families
Forty-three years after fire that killed 48 people, Harris says victims, survivors, relatives suffered ‘a cold shoulder, a deaf ear and two generations of struggle for justice’
Stardust State apology: ‘We failed you when you needed us the most’ - Taoiseach Simon Harris tells Dáil
Families of 48 young people who died in 1981 fire had long called for an official State apology and were invited to the Dáil on Tuesday
‘We are sorry ... we failed you’: The State apology to the Stardust families and victims in full
Taoiseach Simon Harris issued apology in the Dáil on Tuesday, as those most affected by February 1981 tragedy looked on
Stardust families were ‘failed for over four decades’, says Harris ahead of State apology
Taoiseach visited site of the 1981 fire on eve of statement to Dáil which he said ‘I really hope can help aid the healing process’
State apology another milestone for Stardust families
Student accommodation and immigration policy to top Cabinet agenda
‘I lost my child and couldn’t be there for the rest’: Mother tells of devastating Stardust fallout
Taoiseach Simon Harris to deliver State apology in Dáil on Tuesday in relation to 1981 fire which resulted in 48 deaths
Have we ditched the Stardust-era stereotype that the working classes are wild and reckless?
Both reports unknowingly unleashed demons of prejudice that were hidden in the Id of the Irish establishment.
Failings of original Stardust tribunal show need for reforms, Tánaiste says
‘We’ve got to find better way to allow victims of tragedies to be prioritised of future inquiries,’ says Micheál Martin
Stardust tragedy: Taoiseach apologises to families and confirms Dáil apology for Tuesday
Simon Harris said the meeting with families and survivors at Government Buildings on Saturday was ‘humbling and emotional’
‘We were ignored, told we were liars ... not any more’: Stardust families await State apology
About 40 family members who lost loved ones in the disaster will meet the Taoiseach at Government Buildings on Saturday morning
Stardust verdicts could have civil and criminal implications, legal observers say
Former Stardust manager made two unsuccessful High Court attempts to stop the jury being allowed come to verdicts of unlawful killing
Stardust families say State apology ‘must address systemic abuse’
Families to meet Taoiseach Simon Harris ahead of expected apology in the Dáil on Tuesday
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