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IN THE EARLY hours of Valentine’s Day, 1981, a fire ripped through the Stardust club in Artane, north Dublin.
48 people died, more than 200 were injured, and a community was left reeling for decades.
Those who died were remembered last night at a vigil held at the site of the nightclub, and a permanent plaque listing all 48 names was unveiled by former RTÉ reporter Charlie Bird.
Bird was joined by Eamon Dunphy and leading Stardust campaigners such as Antoinette Keegan, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, and Eugene Kelly, speaking before the sizable crowd about their continued fight for justice.
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The podcast is superb if heartbreaking. It’s very well researched, contains excellent interviews and insight. It also highlights the utter appalling injustice that the victims & the families have endured.
Remembering those who perished in such a horrific and horrendous way. RIP
R.i.p.
Very sad. I will never forget being woken by the dozens of ambulances & fire brigade trucks speeding up the Malahide Road past my house in Marino. Next morning I found out my brother had been at the event, and had suffered smoke inhalation, along with so many others. It was a very bleak time in North Dublin.
Huge admiration to the Families that have fought so hard for so long for Justice for their Loved ones
Heartbroken Families and Friends .
Just another example of who politicians have Shit on the ordinary man over the years filling people with lies and bullshit as to the reasons there is no tribunal of truth and answers
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