Jury in Stardust fire inquests retires to consider verdicts after more than 90 days of evidence

Family members and supporters Bernie Darcy; Siobhán Kearney, who lost her brother Liam Dunne in the Stardust fire; Lisa Lawlor, who lost her father Francis and mother Maureen; and survivor Deirdre Dames, who lost her best friend Margaret Kiernan, outside Dublin Coroner's Court where the coroner in the Stardust inquest is due to charge the jury. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Stardust fire in the early hours of February 14th, 1981, claimed 48 lives. Those who died were aged 16 to 27. “You have heard evidence in this case about how certain things were done and how they might have been done differently. Some of that evidence sought to set out a particular version of events

Dr Cullinane, referencing sections 30 and 31 of the Coroner’s Act 1962, said: “Neither the verdict nor any rider to the verdict at an inquest shall contain a censure or exoneration of any person”. A verdict of “unlawful killing” must not attribute criminality or civil liability to any person or organisation, she said.

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