Stardust inquest: 'Jimmy was eventually identified by his wedding ring'

Families associated with the Stardust disaster meeting in the Garden of Remembrance before the Stardust inquest began. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

“Little did we know that the distant sound of sirens would be the start of a nightmare that we could not awaken from.” 

Like hundreds of others, the Byrne family can never forget the events of February 14, 1981. It would be several days until their “last shred of hope was taken away” and they heard their sister Paula had died in the Stardust fire.