“I brought a black candle and I stuck it in Charlie’s grave so that the souls know, he’s a dark soul, he’s corrupt, he knew more than what he told and he covered up”
A sister of a Stardust victim says she put a black candle on the grave of the late former Taoiseach Charlie Haughey as he “covered up” the disaster that claimed 48 lives.
Speaking to the Irish Sunday Mirror, Siobhan insisted that Mr Haughey, who was Taoiseach at the time of the disaster, hindered the process of vindication for the 48 who perished on February 14, 1981. She insisted the families of the Stardust victims, who were vindicated last week with the inquest ruling of “unlawfully killed”, were “treated like dirt” under the Haughey regime. She believes Mr Haughey obstructed the judicial process, adding: “We weren’t treated fair and equal.”
Recalling the night her brother was missing, the mum-of-three said: “We went to the Mater Hospital, it was chaotic. Walking through the wards, the smell of burnt flesh was very distinctive.
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