Students working in Berkeley, California on a J1 visa say they have encountered difficulties in securing accommodation because they are Irish.

The US district attorney who investigated the Berkeley balcony collapse in which five Irish students and one Irish American woman died has decided against bringing criminal charges.

More than 400 balconies in Berkeley, California are in need of corrective work, according to a report on the city’s buildings that was commissioned following the deaths of six Irish students last June.

A report on the inspection of thousands of buildings in Berkeley is to be published in the next fortnight, following the balcony collapse that claimed the lives of six Irish students in the Californian city last summer.

Preliminary civil legal proceedings following the Berkeley balcony collapse are due to commence in Oakland, California, on Monday.

A survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse which claimed the lives of six friends in the US has returned to her studies.

The final survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse is officially on her way home to Ireland, it has been confirmed.

One of the Irish students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse yesterday marked three months since the tragedy by remembering her friends who died in the incident.

“We all grieve together. We all grieve in our own way, at our own speed. We all have our good days and our bad days, but we have them together.”

Family members and friends of the seven injured Berkeley balcony collapse victims are taking part in a 72-hour cycle in a bid to raise funds for spiralling health costs.

It’s an image to treasure, the uplifting photo of a smiling Clodagh Cogley, Berkeley tragedy survivor, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge with her father in fulfilment of one of the goals she had set herself.

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has made significant improvements in her recovery. She has just been moved to a new facility so she can start her rehabilitation.

A statement on behalf of the families of four of the survivors of last month’s Berkeley balcony collapse, has thanked all who have helped the injured college students, and paid tribute to those who lost their lives.

Niall Murray and Jack Halpin, two of those injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse, are due to travel home to Ireland next week.

The family of Jack Halpin, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has revealed the extent of the young man’s injuries and said his road to recovery will be “very long and complicated”.

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has woken from her coma and is no longer in a critical condition.

The family of Clodagh Cogley has thanked people for their support as she recovers from horrendous injuries; Chinese puzzled over plan to move 5.5m Hong Kong residents to Derry; The chairman of the Revenue Commission has revealed that it uses Google Maps to help establish the value of houses. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

The family of Clodagh Cogley, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony tragedy, has thanked people for their support as she recovers from horrendous injuries.

The IMF says Greece needs debt relief and €50bn in new financing, Berkeley survivor Clodagh Cogley is "making great progress", Brian Cowen has denied that the government were "on autopilot" in the midst of the financial crisis and three new buildings will be built at the Boland’s Mill site in Dublin. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Clodagh Cogley, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has received an outpouring of public support following her inspiring words about the tragedy which killed six students, injured seven, and left her unable to walk.

AS the family and friends of another Berkeley victim — Lorcán Miller — laid him to rest yesterday, one of his friends who was on that awful balcony made one of those uplifting statements that so resonated with courage and peace that it cannot but leave a lasting, inspiring impression.

Best-selling Harry Potter author JK Rowling has sent her best wishes to one of the survivors of the

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A balcony that collapsed, killing six students, was only added to the side of an apartment block to make the building look nicer, it emerged in documents released by the city of Berkeley.

Local court reports have shown that the builder of the Berkeley apartments had paid off more than $6m (€5.2m) in law suits because of bad balcony building practices.

Images of rotting wood left exposed by the deadly collapse of a balcony in Berkeley are “incredibly similar” to pictures used in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the construction company that built the complex where six students died, it was claimed last night.

The balcony below the one that collapsed, killing six young students, including five Irish, was removed yesterday after being branded an immediate “collapse hazard” by Berkeley city inspectors.

Two of the seven Irish people injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse remained in a serious condition in hospital last night.