Irish Sun's acclaimed podcast detailing harrowing Stardust blaze disaster impact scoops 7th gong with latest award win
THE Irish Sun's acclaimed Stardust Tragedy podcast has scooped its seventh gong.
The hit series was today honoured at the 2025 Justice Media Awards, held at its headquarters in Blackhall Place in
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The Justice Media Award is the seventh gong for the acclaimed podcast
The eight-part pod, produced in conjunction with Onic, told the shocking story of the 1981 Artane nightclub
It also documented the 43-year fight for justice by their
The groundbreaking work won the Broadcast journalism
Irish Sun Editor Fiona Wynne said: 'We are immensely proud that our podcast has been recognised with a Justice Media Award.
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'The Stardust families fought for justice for 43 years, there's no other case in Irish
'It was our privilege to be able to tell their stories and I'm deeply grateful to them for their trust.'
Incredibly, this was its seventh win after bagging four Irish Podcast Awards, while the series was crowned Podcast of the Year at the Irish Journalism Awards in November.
In December last year, it also won Best Digital Content at the Shine Mental
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The Stardust Tragedy was launched in April 2024, a week after a Dublin Coroner's
Some 841 patrons had attended the Valentine's disco in the Stardust on the night of February 13, 1981.
At about 1.40am on the 14th, a small fire was noticed in the west alcove of the club.
Within minutes, the blaze had spread as an announcement was made to evacuate the building.
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The lights then went off and patrons began to panic as they desperately tried to escape the burning building — but a number of locked or blocked exit routes prevented people getting out.
Tragically, 48 people died in the horror blaze.
The ages of those who were killed in the fire ranged from 16 to 27, and in 23 cases the deceased were the eldest and sole breadwinner for their families.
Most of the dead came from Artane, Kilmore and greater Coolock, and half of them were aged 18 or younger, with four of the victims aged 16 and eight aged 17.
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