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Stardust: The Pen Portraits

The victims remembered by their loved ones

Stardust: The Pen Portraits

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Stardust: The Documentary Series and Victims' Pen Portraits

The compelling three-part documentary series chronicles the harrowing story of the Stardust fire and the 43-year pursuit for justice, with a supporting digital project on rte.ie which includes the families' 'pen portraits' that honor those who died.

Stardust Pen Portraits

Watch: The Stardust Pen Portraits on RTÉ Player

Stardust pen portraits

Listen: The Stardust pen portraits

Christy Moore and The Stardust Tragedy

Christy Moore and The Stardust Tragedy

Stardust - The Making of the Documentary

The making of the Stardust documentary

Pen portraits: the Stardust victims remembered

Michael Barrett

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Carol Bissett

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John Colgan

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Jacqueline Croker

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Liam Dunne

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Maureen Lawlor

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Thelma Frazer

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Josephine Glen

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Michael Griffiths

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Brian Hobbs

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Martina Keegan

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Mary Keegan

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Robert Kelly

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Margaret Kiernan

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Sandra Lawless

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Francis Lawlor

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Eamonn Loughman

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Helena Mangan

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Julie McDonnell

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George McDermott

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Marcella McDermott

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William McDermott

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Teresa Mc Donnell

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Caroline McHugh

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James Millar

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Kathleen Muldoon

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Brendan O'Meara

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Margaret Thornton

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Richard Bennett

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Jimmy Buckley

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Paula Byrne

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Caroline Carey

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David Flood

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Michael Farrell

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Michael Ffrench

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Eugene "Hughie" Hogan

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Robert "Bobby" Hillick

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Murtagh "Murty" Kavanagh

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Marie Kennedy

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Mary Kenny

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Paula Lewis

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Donna Mahon

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Gerard McGrath

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Susan Morgan

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David Morton

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George O'Connor

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John Stout

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Paul Wade

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From the RTÉ Archives

Stardust memorial (1993)

Stardust Memorial Park

Stardust memorial at Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Coolock, County Dublin in 1983.

Stardust Memorial

Stardust families march in 2006.

Stardust Families Protest

Liz and Teresa Marley in 1981

Stardust Survivors

Compensation For Stardust Victims

Compensation For Stardust Victims

The Stardust Inquest Verdicts

The Stardust Inquest Verdicts

The Stardust Inquest Verdicts

The Stardust Inquest Verdicts

Stardust: Seven Days at Sixteen

Stardust: Seven Days at Sixteen

From RTÉ News

48 people lost their lives in the blaze at the Artane nightclub in February 1981

Garda review into Stardust investigation files under way

Antoinette Keegan with President Michael D Higgins

Stardust families denied justice for so long - President

The Stardust fire occurred at a Valentine's night disco in Dublin in February 1981, claiming the lives of 48 young people

Cabinet signs off on €24m Stardust redress scheme

The inquests were held in the Pillar Room on the grounds of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin (Image: RollingNews.ie)

Cost of Stardust inquests set to amount to more than €20m

The families were also presented with bound copies of the findings by Dr Myra Cullinane, who had presided over the inquests

Stardust families discuss inquest reform with minister

President Higgins is seen during the commemoration, alongside Taoiseach Simon Harris

Stardust fire victims 'written into the history books'

Simon Harris said he had committed to holding a ceremony when he met families of the victims (File image)

State ceremony to be held in honour of Stardust victims