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.
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Causality Episode 43: Triangle Shirtwaist FactoryReport of the Stardust Victims’ Compensation Tribunal (PDF)Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the StardustNews Releases and Articles:
Stardust: A timeline of the Tribunals, reports and inquests that led to this week’s verdictStardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdictStardust fire inquest of ‘paramount importance’A grim uncertainty that haunts Stardust familiesStardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdictHow Did The Stardust Fire Start?Stardust 30 Years OnStardust VerdictHow tragedy unfolded at a Valentine’s discoIrish government makes official apologyThe night that started like any otherLaw Society of Ireland GazetteStardust nightclub was pretty horrendous fire riskFire Services Act, 1981, Section 37The Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 on JSTORDublin CorporationStardust FireA 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.