Delay in fleeing Stardust saw people lose consciousness and increased ‘risk of death’Forensic pathologist agrees descriptions of people ‘lying down’ and ‘giving up’ during nightclub blaze were consistent with inhaling toxic gasesFri Jan 12 2024 - 19:34
Man who died while sleeping rough on Dublin street identifiedPostmortem to be held on body of man believed to have been an Irish national aged in his 40sFri Jan 12 2024 - 14:13
Stardust inquests hear original postmortems did not adequately consider falling oxygen levels in fireDistressing details were again heard, including of one victim who survived for almost a week before her life-support was turned offThu Jan 11 2024 - 18:40
Bill Kenneally inquiry: Waterford basketball club say gardaí never raised concerns with themFormer secretary of Waterford Vikings said they would not have allowed convicted paedophile Bill Kenneally stay on as a ‘key member’ if they had been approachedThu Jan 11 2024 - 13:48
Fumes and ‘rapidly lethal’ heat significant causes of Stardust deaths, inquests hearJury begins hearing postmortem findings from 1981 along with findings from forensic pathologistsWed Jan 10 2024 - 21:38
Identity of rough sleeper who died in Dublin city remains unknown to authorities Gardaí were alerted about a man’s body on St Andrew’s Street early on Tuesday by a homeless organisationWed Jan 10 2024 - 17:32
Quality of postmortems on Stardust fire victims ‘very variable’, coroner toldPathologist says failure to record where bodies found makes it impossible to make ‘any meaningful’ statement on how blaze affected individualsTue Jan 09 2024 - 18:38
‘It is really stressing me’: woman raising toddler in cold, mouldy apartment seeks a way outAndhile Ndhlovu took a small apartment in Palmerstown when pregnant. Then things started to go wrongTue Jan 09 2024 - 06:00
Child maintenance payments could be collected by Revenue as part of shake-upWide-ranging changes outlined in report from Minister for Justice come after many years of lobbying by advocates for one-parent families and childrenMon Jan 08 2024 - 00:01
Cold weather plan: Low temperatures trigger emergency response for rough sleepersWith temperatures expected to remain as low as zero degrees at night for the rest of the week the Dublin Region Homeless Executive confirmed it has triggered its ‘extreme weather emergency protocol’Sun Jan 07 2024 - 21:00
Mother of two boys with life-limiting conditions ‘frustrated’ and ‘stressed’ over housing delayJamie Rogerson’s sons, aged 4 and 2, remain stuck in unsafe housing as Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council decide whether to approve ‘medical priority’ transferSat Jan 06 2024 - 07:00
Rotunda Hospital welcomes first newborn of 2024 — Arlo Robert Emmet Baby Robert arrives at four minutes past midnight to parents Nicole and Robert Emmet from Ashbourne, Co MeathMon Jan 01 2024 - 15:35
Group of over 30 Traveller children call to see President at Áras an UachtaráinThomas Connors (13), who lost five members of his family including his parents in a fire in their Co Dublin halting site in 2015, was among the groupThu Dec 21 2023 - 20:20
Dublin riots: Gardaí ‘surprised’ at speed disinformation spread online before disorder, says HarrisGardaí were ‘very aware of tensions’ in Dublin since reopening of the Dáil, commissioner tells CrimecallTue Dec 19 2023 - 06:28
Mother of apprentice plumber murdered in 2006 appeals for witnesses to come forwardAnthony Campbell’s mother tells RTÉ's Crimecall programme ‘I haven’t completed my job until I get him justice’Mon Dec 18 2023 - 23:42
Former member of Garda Reserve pleads guilty to sample counts of rape, sexual assault and gross indecencyThe offences took place over the course of a number of years, starting when the victim was a 14-year-old boyMon Dec 18 2023 - 21:12
Gardaí appeal for witnesses after fatal crash in GalwayPeople also asked to come forward about separate incident in DonegalMon Dec 18 2023 - 18:35
Irishwoman whose weather forecast changed D-Day landing date dies aged 100In 2021 she was awarded a special US House of Representatives honour for her role in the warMon Dec 18 2023 - 00:41
Gardaí investigating alleged assault in Waterford that left two men with serious injuriesVictims, both in their 40s, were taken to University Hospital Waterford from a residence on High Street in the city following incidentSun Dec 17 2023 - 22:13
Stardust year in review: Harrowing accounts of a night that will live long in the collective Dublin memory‘I had to breathe and it was like tyres. It was hot and there was substance to it. It was like ash’Fri Dec 15 2023 - 18:04
Footage of Stardust fire aftermath, including clips of smouldering bodies, shown at inquestScenes, filmed by RTÉ but never broadcast and described as ‘very difficult’ but ‘important’ by coroner, were viewed by the 13-person juryThu Dec 14 2023 - 16:47
Person who tried to sneak into Stardust says four of six exits at the nightclub were locked Witness tells inquests that people were trying to break small glass panels in the front door ‘to get some air in’ as the foyer filled with ‘thick smoke’Wed Dec 13 2023 - 17:00
Over 3,000 queue at Capuchin centre in Dublin for Christmas food vouchersFamilies, including schoolchildren, began queueing just after 4am for vouchersWed Dec 13 2023 - 09:55
Stardust inquests will not hear full evidence of two witnesses while third cannot be locatedEvidence ‘part heard’ from two significant witnesses who cannot or will not return to finishTue Dec 12 2023 - 19:55
Gardaí found no evidence to suggest Stardust fire was ‘malicious’, inquest hearsDublin Coroner’s Court hears of exhaustive efforts to establish cause of blaze that killed 48Mon Dec 11 2023 - 17:48
Stardust fire: 19 ambulances needed to bring remains of victims to morgue, inquest hearsFormer Garda inspector on duty on the night of the disaster tells Dublin coroner’s court about steps taken to preserve scene and implementation of capital’s major accident planFri Dec 08 2023 - 22:00
Stardust fireman ‘often wonders what type of person’ he would have been had he not attended at blazeNoel Keegan, who was 30 on night of blaze, found bodies ‘burnt to a cinder’Thu Dec 07 2023 - 16:26
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’Wed Dec 06 2023 - 18:38
Stardust inquiry: Fireman says some victims were just ‘steps’ from safety ‘I found two more bodies together. They were lying beside each other and they looked like they were holding hands,’ court hearsTue Dec 05 2023 - 19:45
Flu vaccine: HSE warns of seasonal virus spread as nasal vaccine offered to all children aged 2-17 HSE expects virus to start circulating more widely in coming weeksMon Dec 04 2023 - 00:01
Shane MacGowan funeral to take place on FridaySinger to be mourned in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, at funeral mass open to the publicSun Dec 03 2023 - 14:36
Tributes paid to Irishman (24) who died days after moving to AustraliaMatthew McGuigan, who represented Tyrone at minor level, remembered by GAA communitySun Dec 03 2023 - 12:20
Stardust victims found huddled together ‘were caught out by the speed of the events’, inquest toldFirefighter who attended scene said fire burned so quickly most of those who died were killed before brigade arrived at sceneFri Dec 01 2023 - 15:40
Firemen to give what is expected to be graphic evidence at Stardust inquestsFamilies of the 48 who died have been warned evidence will include graphic descriptions of victims’ remains being found and advised to consider whether they wish to be present in courtThu Nov 30 2023 - 17:42
Woman says she knew husband was dead when she saw Stardust roof collapseDay 84 of inquests: Marie Hogan says she and her husband Eugene ‘Hughie’ Hogan were dancing when the DJ announced there was a fireWed Nov 29 2023 - 19:51
Stardust victim was within metres of main exit before she was lost in a crushInquest hears statement that former bouncer at the Stardust found three of the six emergency exits locked on the night of the 1981 fireWed Nov 29 2023 - 06:00
Stardust victim was within metres of main exit before she was lost in a crushInquest hears statement how former bouncer at the Stardust found three of the six emergency exits locked on the nightTue Nov 28 2023 - 18:23
Stardust inquests told of efforts to rescue woman ‘covered in flames’ from nightclub fireWitness says she persuaded mother of pregnant friend who died in blaze to let her attend venue that nightMon Nov 27 2023 - 16:39
Locals on the Dublin riots: ‘What good is all that going to do for that teacher and the five-year-old in hospital?’ ‘Horrific’ and ‘disgraceful’ were how north inner-city residents described Thursday night’s violence, though one local said the destruction was ‘one hundred per cent’ acceptableSat Nov 25 2023 - 05:30
Dublin attack and riots: how Thursday unfoldedBetween the hours of 1.30pm and 11pm, a stabbing incident outside a school in the north inner city led to an evening of violent street clashes with gardaíFri Nov 24 2023 - 19:00
News Wrap: Violence erupts in Dublin after stabbing attack targeting young childrenChief suspect for lunchtime attack under armed guard in Dublin hospital and most seriously injured child fighting for life in Temple St HospitalThu Nov 23 2023 - 22:15
Dublin riots: Violent clashes with gardaí and vehicles set alight after children injured in knife attackGarda Commissioner says ‘lunatic, hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology’ behind violence which included multiple clashes with gardaíThu Nov 23 2023 - 21:59
Dublin stabbing: how the chaos unfolded on Parnell Square Journalists rushed from Stardust inquests across the road after a survivor of the blaze told them of the incidentThu Nov 23 2023 - 21:34
Stardust fire risk deemed ‘pretty horrendous’ by insurance surveyor weeks before blazeInquest at Dublin coroner’s court hears it was recommended the nightclub be turned down for cover in 1979 and 1981Wed Nov 22 2023 - 20:21
People living near Stardust saw ‘high flames’ coming from roof before fire seen by those inside Local residents first saw fire over northern part of ballroomTue Nov 21 2023 - 18:33
Donohoe defends future of television licence feeAssurances on the implementation of changes set out in RTÉ's rationalisation plan is a precondition for the release of €40 million to RTÉ for next year, says Minister for Public ExpenditureSun Nov 19 2023 - 16:29
‘I placed my hand on the window. I felt the condensation. It felt like glass. I punched it but it was a sheet of steel’The inquests have heard the toilet windows were sealed shut with metal bars and sheets by Stardust management some weeks before the disasterFri Nov 17 2023 - 19:00
‘You felt like your eyeballs were melting – it was that hot’ - Stardust survivor‘There was five of us came down from Derry but only four of us went home; Susie was burned in the fire’Thu Nov 16 2023 - 20:11
Stardust survivor describes people lying on stairs after ‘giving up’ due to fire’s smokeAnthony Preston, who was 24 at time of Dublin nightclub blaze, says he smashed first floor window with bare hands ‘to get air’Wed Nov 15 2023 - 19:10
Stardust survivor recalls praying with others having given up hope of surviving Louise Murray, who was 17 at time of disaster, tells court a blind was lifted in ballroom and flames shot ‘very quickly’ across ceilingTue Nov 14 2023 - 18:07
