Eamon Butterly accepted warning about locked Stardust exits

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Stardust manager Eamon Butterly accepted that he had been told locks and chains on the premises were unacceptable while patrons were present, at Dublin District Coroner’s Court, reported on 5 October 2023.

The warning concerned the Stardust nightclub in Artane, where an inquest was examining the 1981 fire that killed 48 people. Butterly’s evidence was continuing, with further evidence due the following day.