Stardust inquests resume with key witnesses still to be heard 

These inquests may be years in the making, but as it returns again today, the end to a very long road may finally be coming into view
Stardust inquests resume with key witnesses still to be heard 

The damaged remains of the Stardust Disco in Dublin, after its fire in 1981, where 48 people died. Picture: Tony Harris/PA

This month marks four years since the fresh inquests for those who died in the Stardust fire were ordered, marking the culmination of a long, sustained campaign by families of the victims.

In ordering the hearing, the Attorney General said there would have been an “insufficiency of inquiry” as to the how the deaths of 48 young people in the north Dublin ballroom occurred.

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