Stardust jury fails to reach verdict for second day

The jury in the Stardust Inquests has retired for the evening after considering its verdict for a second day.

The victims ranged in age from 16 to 27 and died when a blaze started in the North Dublin nightclub in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 1981.The jurors have five verdicts available to them; accidental death, death by misadventure, unlawful killing, an open verdict and a narrative verdict. This afternoon, they came back with a number of questions for the coroner – including if their verdicts could be used in any subsequent legal proceedings.

The coroner has told them she will provide them with answers tomorrow and the jurors have now retired for a second evening.‘Third-world conditions’ at Limerick hospital: ‘My mother’s last hours were horrendous’

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