A then-teenager who worked at the Stardust nightclub testifies at an inquest about the lack of supervision and frequent fuse blowouts in the venue. He also mentions the setup of the light and sound system on the stage and the equipment brought into the club on the night of the fire.
A THEN- TEENAGER who worked with DJ in the Stardust has told an inquest that fuses in the venue would blow “on a regular basis” and there was never an electrician supervising when the light and sound system was set up on the stage. Anthony McDonald, who was 18 at the time, also confirmed to counsel at the inquest today that about 50 or 60 light boxes would be run off four plugboards.
Mr McDonald agreed with lawyers that when they were setting up equipment in the club they were essentially left to their own devices. He told the jury at the Dublin District Coroner’s Court inquest into the fire which claimed the lives of 48 young people in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, 1981, that he helped to carry the equipment from a van into the club on the night. It took around half an hour to bring all the equipment into the venue and the van was “packed” with gear including speakers and lighting cabinets, he told Mark Tottenham BL, a member of the coroner’s legal team. Mr McDonald said he was on the stage when he heard someone say there was a fir
Stardust Inquest Teenager Lack Of Supervision Fuse Blowouts Nightclub Fire
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