Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

I was 11 the time of the Stardust fire, so younger than those who perished and just a bit too young to contemplate what a nightclub/disco was like, but within a few years I discovered and hung out in too many places that flaunted the fire regulations just like The Stardust did for greed and profit above all else, and were protected by political, legal and financial interests in doing so.

Even at that age and in the ensuing 40+ years it seemed completely insane and criminally negligent to think that converting a former jam factor to a night club by adding some highly flammable tiered seats, plastering the walls with flammable carpet tiles, overloading an electrical system unfit for usage and paring costs to the last on staffing, training and security so much so that it became necessary (or more financially expedient) to lock the fire escape doors instead of monitoring them with security staff.

All that has been pretty obvious to most people for the past 40+ years yet in an appalling insult to the victims, their families and the people of Artane and Coolock, this was all conveniently swept under the carpet for years and kept there by political and legal machinations and expediency. Was it perhaps because the B family were good constituents of CJH? Was it perhaps that he needed to reward Justice K because he was having an affair with his wife? Either way it all stank from day 1 and CJH's dirty paw prints were all over it, right from his crocodile tears in the aftermath?

Finally today the grieving families have had their justice and, a very much lesser consideration, Christy Moore has been vindicated for that accusatory line in "They never came home". May God bless them all and their memory.

Yeah, something always stank to high heaven about the various Stardust enquiries. Why its taken soo long for the victims and their families to finally get justice and what if any consequences will be faced by the people who are to blame.... is another days work

Seen a tweet on X about today's show about when Joe said people should check their smoke alarms are wurking, they said he should have mentioned they should also check their exits are not chained shut. 😥

Is there any doubt what Joe will be discussing today? Clear the decks! This has everything Joe wants to discuss - death, fibre-gades, tragic stories (let's not mention the political connections the owners and runners of the building had, which led to their exoneration - and compensation!!!)

Don't be giving them ideas fgs 😬

No doubt there are ways around that. But sure he has to keep himself in coddle somehow!

FFS, I know we take the p#ss out of Joe for being a misery whore, but did he not get enough misery from yesterday's show with sad voice overload, weird noises, dead air silence, and fake tears, that he wants to do it all over again, will be looking for minute details of pain and misery

He definitely has a sickness 😲

he will be torn between the crèche story and stardust,

Given his reading of HIQA reports into old age homes, he will surely try and cram both in

Taoisaigh Joe.

after a relatively stress free wurk week, I don't have no interest in Joe's sad voice from something that happened 43 years ago !! enjoy (if that is the correct wurd) all

One of the reasons is I'm reading boards.ie 😁

What's he sharing on about now? Nursing home = nightclub deaths??

Is this lad a drama student.