Stardust patron recounts fire claims at Dublin inquest

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A Stardust patron’s account of the 1981 fire was read to a Dublin District Coroner’s Court inquest on 30 November 2023.

Stephen Keogh’s statement described youths scuffling near the partitioned area shortly before he saw flames there.

He also recalled a youth outside saying he knew who had started the fire, but the statement does not establish how it began.

Keogh described trying and failing to open an exit, then being pulled outside; he said he suffered burns to his left hand and the left side of his face and neck.

The jury also heard statements describing locked exits and people trying to escape as smoke and flames spread.