For Cork-born Ron Clifford, Osama Bin Laden’s death only reinforced his quest for justice on behalf of his sister Ruth and niece Juliana, who would have been 14 today. He spoke to John Riordan.

The killing of Osama bin Laden is a grim reminder of the outrages that were perpetrated in his and al-Qaida’s name in the US on September 11, 2001.

AN Irishman whose sister and niece were killed in the attack on the Twin Towers had condemned the now cancelled plan by a US church to burn the Koran today as an act of madness that could have sparked a new 9/11.

It is still unclear exactly how many Irish people are missing in the World trade Centre rubble.

The Cork family of two of the victims of the attacks on New York said talk of retaliation and the killing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan is wrong.

Fears are growing for the safety of three Irish people missing since the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on Tuesday.

It has emerged that the best friend of an Irish woman killed in one of the hijacked planes had suffered a similar fate 18 minutes earlier in the first crash.

President Mary McAleese has made a special address to the Irish population as the country mourns the thousands of people who died in Tuesday’s attacks on the United States.

A lawyer in New York claims to know of at least 50 Irish men who may have been working at the World Trade Centre.

The number of Irish killed in the terror attacks on America may not be as high as first feared, the Republic’s US Ambassador said today.

The names of the Irish mother and daughter who died, when their plane was hijacked and crashed into one of the World Trade Centre towers have been released.