Michael Kavanagh was speaking from witness box of the inquest into the fatal 1981 nightclub fire
Describing this as “horrible”, he said it was a policy he followed despite knowing it was dangerous. Nor did he raise his concerns about it with his seniors, believing came from the venue manager, Eamon Butterly.
“It was a horrible policy, where it was made clear to you that you were to follow it as part of your job?”“Those men, on your own understanding, were acting on Mr Butterly’s orders?” asked Mr Fahy. He was questioned about why he had initially, in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, told media and gardaí had had unlocked the exits about 9.40pm, but then retracted this in a Garda statement on February 19th, 1981.
He had however told friends, the O’Tooles, all the doors were locked. His father also became aware he had not unlocked the exits and urged him to retract his original claims, which he did in his February 19th statement.
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