Stardust fire 14.02.1981
The Stardust Inquest
In the early hours of the morning of Saturday 14th February 1981 a fire occurred at the Stardust Ballroom in Artane, Dublin in which forty eight persons tragically lost their lives. This website is to provide information relating to the inquests.
Commencement of Proceedings
Inquest proceedings will commence at 11am on Tuesday 25th April 2023 in the Pillar Room, Rotunda. Remote access will be provided through a live link which can be accessed HERE or through the Hearing Dates and Media Information sections of our website.
Access to the courtroom will be permitted thirty minutes in advance of court being in session. Anyone arriving prior to this will not be permitted access to the building. We appreciate your cooperation with our staff in relation to the above policy and other requests as they might arise.
Tribunal of inquiry on the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin on 14 February 1981 (1982). Report (PDF). Government publications. Vol. Pl.853. Dublin: Stationery Office. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
Timeline: The Stardust disaster - a decades-long campaign for truth
Nightclub blaze claimed lives of 48 young people and injuring more than 200 others
Scheme of compensation for personal injuries suffered at the Stardust, Artane on the 14th February, 1981 as amended
Stardust Victims' Compensation Tribunal (1990). Report (PDF). Government publications. Vol. Pl.7831. Dublin: Stationery Office. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION OF THE STARDUST VICTIMS COMMITTEE’S CASE FOR A REOPENED INQUIRY INTO THE STARDUST FIRE DISASTER
On the 10th of July 2008 the Government established an Independent Examination of the
case for “a renewed inquiry” into the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin on the 14th of
February, 1981. At issue is whether there should be a recommendation to Government
for a further inquiry.
How fire that destroyed the Stardust in 1981 devastated lives for decades
irishexaminer.com: 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. They were workmates and friends, who had neither the focus to labour, nor the peace to relax.
Stardust tragedy: On this Day in 1981, 48 people lost their lives in a Dublin nightclub fire
IN THE early hours of Valentine’s Day 1981, hundreds of people were attending a disco in Dublin’s Stardust nightclub. 48 of those people would never come home.
Today marks 39 years since the Stardust tragedy, which claimed 48 young lives and injured over 200 others.
A grim uncertainty that haunts Stardust families
Families of five young victims of the Stardust fire still don’t know exactly where their children are buried, writes Kathy Sheridan…
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
‘There was a bang and a light went out’: Irish families finally getting answers about 1981 nightclub fire
Inquiry into the Stardust inferno in north Dublin, that killed 48 and injured 214, recognises the suffering and grief of those left behind
The truth about the Stardust fire
Exclusive – an unpublished report into the Stardust disaster claims the cause of the fire was not arson, as was concluded by the original inquiry in 1982. By Frank Connolly
Stardust inquests: Temperature and speed at which fire engulfed nightclub ‘not normal’
Fire officer tells inquest the fire was an ‘accelerated’ blaze and ‘there was something in that building that contributed to the fast spread’
Stardust fire: Fresh inquest to be held into deaths
A fresh inquest is to be held into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust nightclub fire in Dublin.
The Republic’s Attorney General confirmed on Wednesday that the application for a new inquest had been successful.
The application was made by victims’ families in April after years of campaigning over the fire in Artane.
Three of those who died in the St Valentine’s Day blaze in 1981 were from Northern Ireland.
