Unlawful killing verdicts returned for all 48 victims of the Stardust disaster

A verdict of unlawful killing has been returned by the jury in the Stardust fire inquests for all 48 people who died in the 1981 Dublin nightclub disaster. The devastating blaze in Artane, north Dublin, broke out in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 1981. On Thursday, the jury foreman at Dublin District Coroner’s Court said it had reached the same verdict of “unlawful killing” for each individual.