There were chains on doors, carpet tiles lining the walls, steel plates welded to toilet windows, and staff at the nightclub in Artane had no training in fire drills.
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CHARLIE Bird described the families of the victims of the Stardust fire as true heroes and said if the tragedy happened in south Dublin, they would not have had to wait 40 years to get the truth.