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Jury at Stardust inquest to continue deliberating

Summary

The jury at the Stardust inquest will continue deliberating into the causes of death of the 48 victims of the 1981 fire for a sixth day tomorrow. The 12 jurors resumed considering their verdicts shortly after 11 am this morning. Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane told the panel she would be available throughout the day should they have any questions. The jury returned to the Pillar Room at the Rotunda Hospital at 4 pm, where they were discharged for the day having completed a fifth day of deliberations. The inquest, which has been sitting for almost a year, has heard 95 days of evidence from 373 witnesses. Dr Cullinane has previously told the jury that they must determine the identity, date and place of death and the circumstances surrounding the death of each of the 48 young people who lost their lives when a fire swept through the Artane venue in the early hours of Valentine's Day, 1981.

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What: Report matter: Jury at Stardust inquest to continue deliberating. Procedural stage: trial

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• 2024-04-09 Publication

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