Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Failure of jury to agree

60. If the jury at a Stardust inquest fail to agree on a verdict, the following provisions shall have effect:

(a) if a majority of the jury agree on a verdict, the verdict shall be accepted by the coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin, and

(b) in any other case, the coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin shall discharge the jury and may hold a new inquest.