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# stardust inquest

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2023
Stardust survivor tells inquest that patrons 'were trapped like rats trying to get out'
Stardust patron tells inquest of using his hands and arms to try put flames out
Witnesses say they saw exit doors chained and locked in Stardust nightclub on night of fire
Woman tells Stardust inquest she left club after 'piece of ceiling' fell on table on night of fire
Stardust patron saw material like 'melting plastic' coming from ceiling on night of fire, inquest hears
Stardust patron tells inquest he 'always felt it wasn't right' having carpet tiles on walls
'Everything just went quiet': Stardust patron gives emotional evidence about night of fire
Eamon Butterly tells Stardust inquest management at the club was not 'up to dealing with fire'
Former Stardust manager tells inquest it was 'unsafe' to keep exit doors locked on disco nights
Former Stardust manager tells inquest he regrets ‘converting that factory into a nightclub'
Former Stardust boss 'agreed' with policy to keep exit doors locked for portion of nights
Former Stardust boss denies telling security guard exit doors were locked years before fire
Local resident saw Stardust fire almost half an hour before alarm was raised, inquest hears
Former Stardust doorman says attempts were made to 'scapegoat' him for doors being locked
Stardust inquest hears former doorman said victims couldn't escape because 'doors were chained'
First firefighter on scene of Stardust fire had 'never seen anything like it', inquest hears
Doorman admitted front door of Stardust was locked and key removed on night of fatal fire
Stardust doorman tells inquest he cannot say if doors were unlocked on the night of the fire
Stardust doorman rejects claim that he blamed patrons for not being able to exit nightclub
Stardust inquest: Barman recalls his efforts to extinguish fire were futile
Stardust barman gives evidence for the first time of helping to save a girl from the fire
Stardust witness says 'all sorts of tall tales' told about what happened on the night of the fire
Stardust inquest: Witness heard 'screaming' as main doors were closed to prevent re-entry
Stardust inquest hears from waitress who was collecting glasses when ceiling began to 'collapse'
Stardust doorman tells inquest of putting chains around exit doors to 'trick teenagers'
Witness tells Stardust inquest he used his bike lamp to help find keys to open a locked door
Witness tells Stardust inquest the outside door of club was locked when he went to leave
First witnesses give evidence on Stardust fire as inquests enter new phase
'The dead cannot cry out for justice': State has failed families of Stardust victims, inquest hears
Woman whose parents died in the Stardust 'grew up in the shadow of disaster', inquest hears
Family want to reclaim loved one from 'devastation' of the Stardust, inquest hears
Toddler sat waiting for sister killed in Stardust fire to come home for months, inquest hears
Christy Moore reads pen portrait of Stardust victim on behalf of family at inquest hearing
Friend of Stardust victim tells inquest of seeing 'terrible things that nobody should ever see'
Stardust: One week in, here's what has happened in State's largest ever inquest
Sister of Stardust victim left with fear 'like a physical sickness', inquest hears
Families of Stardust victims describe emotional toll of tragedy at inquest sitting
‘A living nightmare’: Stardust families recall night they lost their loved ones as inquests begin
'A very important morning': Fresh inquests into 1981 Stardust tragedy begin
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Fresh inquests into Stardust nightclub tragedy won't start before April 2023