‘I tried to block it out and I’m sorry’, says Stardust witness

Fresh inquests are examining the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 48 young people in the north Dublin nightclub in 1981
Family and friends  of those that died in the Stardust fire at the Coroners Court inquiry in last month. 

Family and friends  of those that died in the Stardust fire at the Coroners Court inquiry in last month. 

“I just remember seeing it. It’s very difficult. To be honest with you, I tried to block it out. And I’m sorry.”

Those were the words of Pauline McConalogue who was 17 when she working as a waitress in the Stardust.

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