McDermott siblings’ Stardust fire deaths reviewed at inquest

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Marcella, George and William McDermott died in the Stardust fire, and evidence about their identification and deaths was reviewed at an inquest on 16 January 2024.

Marcella was identified through dental records; her cause of death, like George’s, was recorded as rapid incapacitation from fire fumes and heat. William was identified by his uncle, and died after inhaling fire fumes.

The siblings were among 48 people killed when fire swept through the Artane nightclub in the early hours of 14 February 1981.