Garda Fleming said the deceased, who had been lying fully-clothed on a mattress under a duvet, was formally pronounced dead at 11.55am on July 27th 2022.

The deceased’s daughter, Bianca Andries, described her father as 'a bomb waiting to explode'

The inquest into the deaths of 48 people in a fire at the Stardust nightclub on February 14th, 1981 was the longest in the history of the State

The verdicts were delivered at Dublin Coroner’s Court, sitting in the Pillar Home at the Rotunda Hospital, on Thursday afternoon

An expert witness said he believes a fire could have started in the hot press of the main bar in the Stardust nightclub without staff noticing

Michael O’Toole said he believed the keys doorman Michael Kavanagh was holding at the time were the keys to the Stardust.