Parents tell Stardust inquest of getting young daughter's melted belongings in morgue

(Left to right) Maurice and Phyllis McHugh at The Pillar Room, Rotunda Foundation, Parnell Square East, Dublin, last year. They want to “get some respite and closure to lessen the burden of our grief”. File picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

On the morning of February 13, 1981, Maurice and Phyllis McHugh were going to Dublin Port to catch the Holyhead ferry. Phyllis’s cousin in Manchester was getting married.

Having learned the art from her father who was the head baker in Bewley’s of Grafton Street, Phyllis baked and decorated a four-tier wedding cake as a present.