Ireland Stardust fire: New inquests ordered into 1981 fire that killed 48 young people

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Forty - eight people died in the fire in Dublin on St Valentine's Day in 1981 . There have been calls for a fresh inquest for years. Gardai sent a new file to the DPP in Both women spoke to BBC Radio Foyle at an event on Tuesday where some of the Stardust families met people affected by Bloody Sunday.

The preliminary inquest hearing into the deaths of 48 people in the 1981 Stardust tragedy was “momentous step in the families’ path to justice” the Dublin Fresh inquests were ordered last year by then attorney general, Séamus Woulfe, into the deaths of 48 young people who died in a fire at the

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The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours of 14 February 1981 . Some 841 people had attended a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a result of the fire .

Relatives of the 48 young people who died in 1981 fire say AG notified of plan to apply for fresh inquest . Relatives of 48 young people who died in the 1981 Stardust disaster are calling for a new inquest into their deaths. At a press conference in Dublin on Friday, they and their solicitor, Darragh

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Pope Francis became the first in history to visit the Arabian Peninsula after arriving in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The purpose of the visit was to participate in a conference on Christian-Muslim relations and hold a huge mass at the Abu Dhabi sports arena for the Catholic community there.

Families of Stardust fire disaster victims say they are 'going nowhere' until they get justice

The families have campaigned for almost 40 years for a new inquest into the cause of the blaze .Attorney General Seamus Woulfe announced last night that he was ordering a fresh inquest into the tragedy because the original inquest failed to "sufficiently consider those of the surrounding circumstances that concern the cause or causes of the fire". © Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie Pictured is Antoinette Keegan with Lynn Boylan at a press conference at Buswells Hotel in Dublin today.

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(L-R) Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, actors Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans. Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo at a Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on April 23. 

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(Pictured) Modi takes oath at the swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi, on May 30. 

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(Pictured) May breaks down as she makes the first official announcement of her resignation on May 24. 

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