More families of the victims of the 1981 Stardust fire in Dublin have been giving testimony at the inquest into their deaths.
Susan Behan, brother of Johnny Colgan who died in the blaze, said the aftermath of the fire at the ballroom in Artane affected her deeply and irreparably.
She said her brother was her mother's pride and joy, her father's right hand and her sister's hero.
Johnny was handsome, a natural charmer and always upbeat, she said.
The 21-year-old, was full of life, loved playing football and having pints with the lads, Ms Behan said, and there was a kind and gentle side to him.
She said on the Friday of the fire he had tea with his mother and he asked her to iron his shirt for him.
Ms Behan said her dad's last memory of Johnny was him standing on Exchequer Street.
It was Friday, payday, and her Dad said to him not to be too late because he had football training in the morning.
"Little did we know the horror that would await us," she said.
Ms Behan said the fire "changed us forever ... he went to the Stardust and never came home".
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She said that on the night Johnny had helped his friend, Kenny, to safety.
Kenny told them that Johnny had got out but went back in to help when he heard girls crying in the toilet.
Ms Behan said she did not know if this was true but said it sounded like something he would have done.
She said the affects of losing her brother continues to this day and dictates how she thinks and worries about those close to her.
Her parents did not live to see a resolution and she said she hopes the inquest will finally bring the "peace, healing and closure we so urgently need".
Her testimony was met with applause.
Siobhan Kearney told the inquest that her 18-year-old bother Liam Dunne had surived one month in hospital before dying from his injuries.
She said those weeks in hospital were the saddest time for her family and described Liam as a truly loved son and brother.
On the day of the fire, Liam had gone to get his hair cut before heading to the Stardust with his friends.
She said the aftermath was horrendous and the family divided up and searched the wards looking for him.
"The smell in the hospitals will linger with me forever," she said.
She spoke about finding Liam, saying: "His face was all swollen, his hands were bandaged" and he told her: "I was crawling on the floor, my hands were melting."
Ms Kearney told the inquest that her brother was then moved to intensive care and put beside his good friend Jimmy Fitzpatrick. He was given 24 hours to live.
She spoke of how her brother survived for weeks as "he was so strong" but, on 11 March 1981, he passed away. He was 18 years old.
"I also died," Siobhan said, "I was 16."
She said she has carried those horrific memories throughout her life and words cannot express how much the family misses Liam.
Siobhan ended her testimony by saying she hopes that for Liam's sake, and for the 47 others who died, the families finally get justice.
It is the third day of the evidence at the inquest into the fire claimed 48 lives in Dublin 42 years ago.
The inquest will examine the response within the nightclub when the fire broke out and that of the emergency services.
It will also seek to ascertain whether the blaze and the deaths of the 48 victims could have been prevented.
'A heart of gold'
Alison Keane told the inquest of the impact the loss of her sister had on her and her family.
Jacqueline Croker was 18 when she died in the Stardust fire 42 years ago.
Alison described her as having a heart of gold and would have done anything for anyone.
She told the coroner's court that Jacqueline had a job in Roches Stores and had been working from when she was 15 to contribute to the house
"Times were very hard financially for working-class families and Jackie's help was of immense importance to our family," she said.
She spoke of how her sister had been saving up for a pair of platform boots but by the time she had got the money together, they were no longer available in her size. With the money she had saved, she went and bought clothes for Alison and her brother Alan.
Alison also spoke of how her dad idolised Jacqueline and said her passing had left her mother without her best friend.
She recalled the aftermath of the fire and the then Taoiseach:
"I remember I was sat in the neighbours’ garden when I saw Charlie Haughey come into the house with his staff because he’d known my Dad, who was a peace commissioner.
"My dad was a 6’4" 23-stone docker who picked Charlie up like a rag doll and put him out of the house," she said.
Alison Kane spoke too about the effects on the community:
"Living at home after the Stardust fire, you wouldn’t be able to get onto a bus without seeing someone either with visible scarring from a burn sustained that night at the Stardust, or someone known to you who had lost someone in the fire.
"Nobody ever spoke about it with each other in the community because you would have no idea how the other person would react to something so emotional and affecting.
"It felt like everybody was left on their own and so had to deal with the grief by putting it under the rug and just forcing yourself to carry on with life," she said.
She said on the day of Jacqueline's funeral she had to be taken out of the church and brought home to be sedated.
Alison also spoke of how her family was impacted.
She said her father relied on alcohol to help him cope, he was terrified of being hurt again and that's why he pushed us away she said.
She added that her brother Alan remembers the effects of losing Jackie better than he remembers Jackie herself.
She told the inquest that her family got a lump sum after the fire from the Lord Mayor's Trust Fund and said they were made to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
She ended her contribution by saying her mother is 90 years old and would love to be able to bring her some kind of closure.
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity to tell you something about my big sister," she said.
