The jury at the Stardust inquests have been shown graphic footage of smouldering and lifeless bodies being removed from the nightclub in the aftermath of the deadly blaze.
The images, captured by an RTÉ cameraman, also show the dead covered in blankets, being put into ambulances.
The coroner, Dr Myra Cullinane, advised the jurors and the families present in court that the images made for "very difficult viewing".
Forty-eight people died when a fire swept through the Artane nightclub in the early hours of St Valentine's Day 1981.
These fresh inquests into the deaths, which began last April, have now paused for Christmas and will resume on 9 January. This was the 94th day of the hearings.
The court was also shown interviews recorded in the days after the fire with some of the doormen and management at the club.
In one, the general manager at the time, Eamon Butterly said all the exit doors were open.
"Categorically, all the exit doors were open. The chains are hanging, just hanging down, completely open …" he said.
He went on: "The truth will come out... I’m a very upset man, but my conscience is clear in so far as I did everything possible from the day that place opened to make it as safe as possible."
Earlier this year, during his direct evidence to these inquests, Eamon Butterly maintained that the doors were not locked.
The jury was also shown interviews conducted with survivors of the fire, including with one man from his hospital bed, his hands covered in bloodied bandages.
The RTÉ footage shows lifeless bodies taken from the building by firemen. One is smouldering and is hosed down.
The images also show a young woman, who was not moving, being carried out by a fireman and put into the recovery position.
It shows survivors of the fire outside, many appeared to be in shock and comforting each other.
Another segment sees firemen carrying bodies out on stretchers, with a priest walking alongside.
Families of some of the victims who were in court today were visibly upset at times.
'All I could hear was Josephine screaming'
Earlier, a survivor told the inquests how she heard her friend, who later died, screaming her name as people tried to get out.
Pauline Murray was 16 years old at the time and had gone to the Stardust that night with Josephine Glen, who also 16.
'We were dancing most of the night,' Pauline Murray told the court today.
The court heard how she was on the dancefloor when she noticed smoke coming across the ceiling. "It was like a fog," she said, adding it was "so thick and heavy".
She recalled too the spread of the blaze and said it was like a "fireball shot across".
She told the court how she went back to the table to warn Josephine Glen and how they, along with another man, began to make their way to an emergency exit.
She described how it was pitch black and she fell over. She said there were crowds running around.
"All I could hear was Josephine screaming… she was screaming my name."
Pauline Murray told the inquests how she then got up from the floor and got out an exit. She suffered extensive injuries.
The court heard how Josephine Glen was taken from the Stardust after the fire and brought to hospital where she died from her injuries five days later.
Another friend of Pauline Murray’s, Helena Mangan, 22, was also one of the 48 victims.
At the end of today’s proceedings, the coroner thanked the jury for their attention and diligence up to this point.
The inquests will resume in early January.
