A gun shop in Chicago is offering a semi-automatic weapon as the top prize in a raffle to raise funds for the victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando.

Pride parades in New York, San Francisco and other US cities drew millions of revellers yesterday, two weeks after a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub galvanised the LGBT community, and rekindled outrage over American gun violence.

THE difficulty with writing a column with a longer lead time than I’m used to (with this column, it’s ten days) is that I’m often wary of writing about a particular event or incident.

The Orlando massacre at a popular gay nightclub shows no one yet has “found the magic bullet” to prevent Americans from being inspired to violence by jihadist propaganda on the internet, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said as she visited a city still shaken by the shootings.

The US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has arrived in Orlando to meet with prosecutors, first responders and families of the victims of last week's nightclub shooting.

A divided US Senate has blocked gun control measures, eight days after Orlando's mass shooting intensified pressure on senators to act.

A Cork based company has reported a brilliant response from the Irish public to a commemorative t-shirt designed to show solidarity with those who lost their lives in the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando, Florida last week.

Killer said he had explosive vests and car rigged with bombs

The gunman who killed 49 people in a shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub was not directed by a foreign terror group but was radicalised domestically, according to the FBI.

Funerals for two of the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a Florida nightclub have been marked by tense scenes, as an impatient driver was accused of injuring two officers and one burial took place under the watch of anti-gay protesters.

Families of some of the 49 people killed in a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub mourned and buried their dead, a day after US president Barack Obama met survivors and said the United States must act to control gun violence.

The gunman who killed 49 people in a nightclub in Orlando apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves the shooting was generating.

Barack Obama will meet survivors and bereaved families in Orlando, four days after the worst mass shooting in US history.

"Trying and trying and trying to do the right thing is ultimately just as important as getting the outcome in the end."

Omar Mateen drove around Orlando the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said.

Survivor of the Orlando Massacre Alejandro A. Francisco has penned an articulate and thought-provoking letter to killer Omar Mateen which has caused waves across the world.

A group of a dozen comfort dogs and their handlers have travelled from Illinois to Orlando to offer what help they can to all those affected by the shooting.

One of the victims of the shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub wrote a poem as she lay in a hospital bed on Monday night.

The FBI is investigating reports that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen was a regular at the gay nightclub where he killed 49 people in America's worst mass shooting.

The father of a man who shot dead 49 people in Orlando has said the nightclub where the attack took place should share responsibility for the massacre.

A candle lit vigil is being held by the LGBT community in Limerick city tomorrow evening for the victims of the Orlando shooting.

Barack Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay his respects to the families of the victims of Sunday's gun massacre which left 49 people dead.

Parisians showed solidarity with the victims of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando lighting up the Eiffel Tower in rainbow colours on Monday night.

A pro-Brexit campaign has sparked a furious reaction by drawing links between the killing of at least 50 people in a US nightclub and the EU referendum debate.

US authorities are investigating whether anyone helped the gunman who massacred 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, but said they did not believe anyone connected to the shooting posed a current danger to the public.

The hashtag #TwoMenKissing is trending on Twitter as those online begin to weigh in on Sunday's Pulse nightclub shooting.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone has described the Orlando murders as an "attack" on both LGBT people and humanity itself, writes Elaine Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

A guest on Sky News last night stormed off after a heated debate over the motives of the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen who shot and killed 50 people and injured 53 in the LGBT nightclub attack in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has tonight sent a letter of condolence to US president Barack Obama over the "shocking" loss of life in the Orlando mass shootings, saying "Ireland stands with the US in this time of immeasurable grief", writes Fiachra O Cionnaith - Irish Examiner.

Witnesses to America's worst ever mass shooting described their efforts to flee the scene.

A gunman has killed at least 50 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

A heavily armed man arrested in Southern California has told US police he was in the area for West Hollywood's huge gay pride parade.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump faced criticism after posting a self-congratulatory tweet about the massacre in Orlando.