How fire that destroyed the Stardust in 1981 devastated lives for decades

Wednesday is the 37th anniversary of a tragedy that killed 48 people. The 1986 tribunal revealed the searing anguish of survivors, says Caroline O’Doherty.

How fire that destroyed the Stardust in 1981 devastated lives for decades

Wednesday is the 37th anniversary of a tragedy that killed 48 people. The 1986 tribunal revealed the searing anguish of survivors, says Caroline O’Doherty.

THEY were adults who slept with the lights on, for fear that the dark would consume them.

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