The Stardust Tragedy The Irish Sun

The Stardust families bury their dead amid heart-breaking scenes, while Taoiseach Charles Haughey appoints eminent judge Ronan Keane to chair a tribunal into the disaster. A rushed inquest wouldn’t look at the cause of the fire and would declare a verdict in line with the medical evidence. And then the Keane Report in June 1982 would rule that one of the patrons inside the Stardust was responsible for the blaze without any evidence and the distraught families are plunged into a new world of despair.
The Stardust Tragedy is brought to you by the Irish Sun. The series is produced by the Urban Media.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The reality of the tragedy hits home as families surround loved ones in hospitals, while heartbroken mothers and fathers gather at the city morgue as tragic victims start to be identified using dental records and items of jewellery.
The authorities conduct a heartless identification process, which they want to end on Sunday evening, February 15, but extend it until 5.30pm on Tuesday. Five of the 44 confirmed dead wouldn’t be identified by this deadline and would remain unidentified for 26 years. Four more would die in hospital in the days and weeks that followed.    
The Stardust Tragedy is brought to you by the Irish Sun. The series is produced by Urban Media.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First responders tell of the carnage that greeted them when they arrived at the blazing nightclub, and their brave attempts to rescue who they could. By 4am 40 bodies are lined up in the city morgue, while the city’s hospitals become over-run with the injured as medical staff try to cope in the aftermath of the tragedy. Desperate families are woken in the middle of the night and flee to garda stations and sick wards in search of their loved ones.
The Stardust Tragedy is brought to you by the Irish Sun. The series is produced by Urban Media.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Couples and friends drink and party the night away, revelling in the freedom of being young. As the long-awaited dance competition draws to a close, flames and smoke are spotted in the west alcove at about 1.40am and the nightclub turns into an inferno within minutes. Survivors recount horror tales of desperate attempts to escape through locked emergency exits and vain attempts to search for missing friends as Ireland’s worst fire disaster unfolds around them.
The Stardust Tragedy is brought to you by the Irish Sun. The series is produced by Urban Media.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stardust Tragedy begins its story in North Dublin which goes from farmland to urban sprawl in the 60s and 70s as thousands of young families become the first to settle in brand new housing estates. As they grow, music is an escape for the working class teens and the concert halls and nightclubs become their weekends. On February 13, 1981, hordes of excited young people get ready to attend a St Valentine’s night ball in Artane’s popular Stardust club.
The Stardust Tragedy is brought to you by the Irish Sun. The series is produced by Urban Media.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Premiering on the 25th of April, The Stardust Tragedy is a brand new podcast created by The Irish Sun. Following on from the success of the number 1 award winning 2023 hit, The Kinahans, and the 2021 hit,  The Making Of A Detective, The Stardust Tragedy tells the story of the tragic night of 14th February 1981, when 48 young people lost their lives and the shocking events that followed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.