John Furley, who was 23 at the time of the disaster, said his statements describing his efforts to open one of the six emergency exits, did not convey the rising panic at the door
He told the inquests: “The smoke was everywhere. You couldn’t see very far. I could hear lads trying to open the door, kicking it, pushing it ... When I got to the door I was shouting at them to push the bars and I got my left hand to the bar and I could feel it rising as someone was pulling it up, and I was screaming to shove the bar ... I think after two attempts the door opened.”
In a Garda statement later that day, and in subsequent ones, he said exit 5 opened, with the assistance of others, “without difficulty”. In a further Garda statement he said: “I do not know if exit 5 was locked with a chain and padlock or not.”Stardust doorman had impression others would be involved in formulation of Garda statements, inquests toldBrenda Campbell, KC, for families of nine of the dead, read statements from patrons who got out through exit 5, identifying Mr Furley as a “bouncer ..
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