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RTE legend Charlie Bird issues emotional pen portrait of Stardust victim

Broadcaster Charlie Bird delivered a pen portrait of a
Stardust victim during another emotional day at the inquest into the tragedy yesterday.

The former RTE newsman, who used voice simulation technology due to having motor neurone disease, had reported on the fire on the night it happened in February 1981.

Charlie, who previously broke down at a memorial for the Stardust victims, delivered a pen portrait for 20-year-old Robert “Bobby” Hillick.

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