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 On Valentines Day in 1981 in the North of Dublin, Ireland a fire broke out in a nightclub just following a Disco Dancing competition. We look at how measures taken to prevent illegal entry and poor building material choices cost 48 young people their lives.
With John Chidgey.

Related Episodes:

  • Causality Episode 43: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Formal Reports:

  • Report of the Stardust Victims’ Compensation Tribunal (PDF)
  • Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust

News Releases and Articles:

  • Stardust: A timeline of the Tribunals, reports and inquests that led to this week’s verdict
  • Stardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdict
  • Stardust fire inquest of ‘paramount importance’
  • A grim uncertainty that haunts Stardust families
  • Stardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdict
  • How Did The Stardust Fire Start?
  • Stardust 30 Years On
  • Stardust Verdict
  • How tragedy unfolded at a Valentine’s disco
  • Irish government makes official apology
  • The night that started like any other
  • Law Society of Ireland Gazette
  • Stardust nightclub was pretty horrendous fire risk

Regulations:

  • Fire Services Act, 1981, Section 37
  • The Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 on JSTOR

General Information:

  • Dublin Corporation
  • Stardust Fire
  • A History of the Fire Service in Ireland

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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.

With thanks to Aileen Brennan for the topic suggestion.
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