Bodies of unidentified Stardust victims being exhumed today

The bodies of five victims of the 1981 Stardust disaster are due to be exhumed at a graveyard in north Dublin today.

Tue, 30 Jan, 2007 - 07:25

The bodies of five victims of the 1981 Stardust disaster are due to be exhumed at a graveyard in north Dublin today.

Richard Bennett, Michael Ffrench, Eamon Loughman, Murt Kavanagh and Paul Wade were among 48 young people killed during the nightclub fire in Artane on St Valentine's Day 1981.

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Courts Heathrow Place: north Dublin Place: Artane Place: St Fintan's Cemetery Place: Sutton Person: Richard Bennett Person: Michael Ffrench Person: Eamon Loughman Person: Murt Kavanagh Person: Paul Wade Event: Stardust Event: 1981 Stardust disaster Event: St Valentine's Day 1981 Organisation: Department of Justice

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