the type of material that was in the seats in the nightclub, all contributed to its spread. also, crucially today, v inquest returned without the fire, the cause of the fire was an electrical fault. now, there are over 800 young people in that nightclub, and they were all trying to get out when the fire broke out, and crucially, thejury concluded today that at the time of the fire, exits in this stardust ballroom were either locked, chained or otherwise obstructed. and for this reason, thejury said the deceased were impeded in their ability to access or exit through the emergency exits. ability to access or exit through the emergency exits. jennifer, since we have had the emergency exits. jennifer, since we have had the the emergency exits. jennifer, since we have had the result the emergency exits. jennifer, since we have had the result here, - the emergency exits. jennifer, since we have had the result here, tell - we have had the result here, tell me, what of the families bee
sportsday, so he will see you then. gap great stuff, thank you very much. gavin. the jury at an inquest into a fire at a nightclub in dublin in 1981 which killed 48 people has delivered a verdict of unlawful killing in all the deaths. the fire broke out in the early hours of valentine s day in 1981. a further 200 people were injured in the blaze. it has been the longest running inquest in the history of the irish state. earlier i spoke with the bbc s jennifer 0 leary who has been following the story as you have outlined, it is where over 800 young people, many of them teenagers, went for a night of dancing and fun. but in the early hours of the morning, on unimaginable horror unfolded. what started as a small fire quickly spread throughout the ballroom. black smoke, the lights went out, black smoke surrounded and impeded
if not more, are absolutely doing a greatjob in this country, we should be thankful for their jobs. there will be some cases of health care workers who are capable of such violence, and if we understand that, then we wouldn t be so bewildered when we come across that. but of course, there s other things that we should be putting in place, you know, maybe spotting emotional distress earlier, offering more support to health care workers and so forth. now to northern ireland where missing sections of a police notebook containing details of 42 officers and staff have been lost. the book fell off the roof of a moving car on the m2 motorway in north belfast on thursday. a laptop also fell off but it was recovered and immediately deactivated . this latest incident follows a major data breach for the police in northern ireland which saw the surnames and initials of 10,000 employees accidentally included in a freedom of information response. live now to belfast and our news reporter, jenni
here s our news reporter in belfast, jennifer 0 leary, talking about the possible dangers police offcers now face. here in northern ireland it matters for many police officers to keep what they do, who they work for a secret from many of their friends and indeed some of even family members, so this latest incident is causing alarm. the police officers, of course, are under threat from dissident republicans, as you said. what we know so far is on thursday afternoon, a psni s officer s notebook and laptop fell from the top of a moving vehicle on a stretch of motorway north of the city of belfast. sections of the notebook were recovered. the laptop was immediately recovered and what is described as deactivated but some parts of the notebook are still missing.
and down! gabi lopez has been following his national team s phenomenal rise in the women s world cup down under. as a former player in spain s second division, this final hits very close to home. i ve been watching the tv in spain, the radio, and everybody was not talking about the final. everybody. my family were commentating. i ve never seen that before. i m still playing, i m a coach, and i can say now aitana, alexia, jennifer and i can say, wow, they are amazing. so i think for the kids, for the coaches, for the players, it s amazing that women s football is that big. you wouldn t notice it at first glance, but this team, now one win away from world cup glory, has been marred by so much tension and unrest. at the centre of that is head coachjorge vilda. tensions followed last year s euros defeat against england, with 15 players threatening to quit over concerns about his training methods and inadequate game preparation. cracks were obvious after their