Stardust reimagined: ‘It’s time for other people to fulfil their dreams here, what our loved ones never got to do’
Artists’ studios where ‘new, beautiful things’ will be created are opening at the site of a blaze that claimed 48 lives
Stardust
Read more news and analysis on the Stardust nightclub fire that killed 48 people on Valentine's Day 1981 in Artane, Dublin.
Stardust campaigner Antoinette Keegan pulls out of general election and distances herself from National Party
Antoinette Keegan said her principles are ‘incompatible’ with the far-right party
Irish YouTube guru Paddy Galloway sticks it to stuffy career-guidance counsellors everywhere
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Families of Stardust fire victims ‘let down by the State’, says Michael D Higgins
President hosted majority of relatives and friends of 48 people who died in fire, thanking them for ‘tenacity’ in their fight for truth
Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change
The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account
Simon Harris: ‘I can’t give the whole manifesto away, but should early childhood be part of the education system in a more formal way?’
In his first big interview as Taoiseach, the Fine Gael leader hints at his ‘big ideas’ on childcare, housing and infrastructural projects
The Last Disco: Stardust story puts families and survivors centre stage, validating their truth with empathy and humanity
Authors Sean Murray, Christine Bohan and Nicky Ryan have conducted extensive research into records going back more than half a century, and spent long hours interviewing many of those involved in the justice campaign
Stardust redress package approval a ‘new dawn’, says representative of families
Solicitor Darragh Mackin led negotiations with Government and says agreement reflects ‘unprecedented miscarriage of justice’
Stardust: Cabinet signs off on €24m redress package for families of victims
Forty-eight people died in a fire in the Stardust nightclub in north Dublin in February 1981
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
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’
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