Two building workers were killed and one was seriously injured when a crane collapsed in a Manhattan neighbourhood, smashing into a 23-storey apartment building as it fell.

A construction crane collapsed today in a residential Manhattan neighbourhood, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring one.

A crane collapsed smashing into a 23-storey apartment building before crashing onto the street in Manhattan today.

TWO men have been remanded in custody charged in connection with an attack on a teenager who remains in a critical condition in a Dublin hospital.

Police forced Prince off stage during a late-night gig in his home town of Minneapolis.

Security was stepped up at the United Nations headquarters in New York today as a precaution following a bomb threat, a spokesman said.

Detectives are today questioning a man in connection with a cocaine find in west Dublin.

A naked man ran on to the high-security grounds of the United Nations today while a gate was being opened to allow a car to enter, police said.

A FRUSTRATED Mark Carroll walked away from the New York City Marathon last night admitting: “I’m having a biomechanical breakdown.”

SONIA O’SULLIVAN’S bite at the Big Apple ended in disappointment yesterday when she struggled home in 12th place in the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:32:06.

CELEBRITY chef Conrad Gallagher has vowed to return to Ireland to face charges of stealing paintings from a top Dublin hotel.

SONIA O'SULLIVAN is ready for New York and New York just can't wait.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Saturday warned that some of the bodies of the 4,972 missing in the World Trade Center terrorist attack might never be found and announced a massive DNA matching program to help identify those that are recovered.