Stardust households: Maurice and Phyllis McHugh after assembly Taoiseach
‘The silence simply went by way of everybody that was outdoors. The entire place simply went lethal quiet — as a result of the arms disappeared and the shouting stopped, and we knew what was mainly taking place inside.” (Paula Toner, chatting with the Stardust Inquiry in 2023.)
If ever somebody described absolutely the hopelessness and horror of the worst hearth within the historical past of the State, which took the lives of 48 and injured greater than 200, Paula Toner did. Although hers was not the one voice.
