Amen’s support kept me alive, says man who escaped domestic violence; 8,000km away, the world had changed - UCD hosts service for Berkeley victims; and Youghal strand is ‘unsafe for swimming’. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Hundreds of Cork students left stranded after Junior Cert disco fiasco; Families of balcony collapse victims lay flowers at Berkeley memorial; and you need to watch Jon Stewart’s powerful monologue on the Charleston shootings. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

The Mayor of Berkeley says he would support a criminal investigation into how a balcony collapsed killing six Irish students on Monday night, Former staff at Clerys will protest outside the offices of the store’s new owner today, Shane Lowry will bid to stay patient at Chambers Bay this weekend after shooting his best round in a US Open on Thursday night.  Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Polling stations have opened across the country for the marriage equality and presidential age referendums, and eight year-old Cork boy has received high praise from Golf number one Rory McIlroy, the Sterling saga is set to roll on for the summer, and a magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the UK, east of London. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.