A memorial will be unveiled today just off America’s iconic Route 66 in memory of a Cork woman who became one of the most celebrated trade unionists in US history.

Clay from the grave of a Corkwoman who survived the Famine to become one of America’s most famous trade-union activists will be removed in a special ceremony today for transportation to her native city.

A coal mine owner in Utah today said he is hurt by critics who say he ran an unsafe mine and was not doing enough to find six missing miners trapped deep underground.

A narrow hole being drilled in the side of a Utah mountain holds perhaps the last, best chance of finding six coal miners trapped for more than two weeks in a cave-in.

Methane gas exploded today in a coal mine in Alabama that had recently undergone a court-ordered inspection, but all miners got out safely, a federal mine safety official said.