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.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been accused of attempting to incite a hate campaign, after he claimed he saw people across the river in New Jersey cheering the September 11 attacks — a claim officials strongly deny.

New York’s biggest underground terminus has opened in lower Manhattan – a vital link between the new World Trade Centre and the rest of the city.

The yellow cabs tick downtown in the rain,                                                            sparked electrons in the bright-lit veins.

The resurrected World Trade Centre has opened for business again, 13 years after the 9/11 terror attack – marking an emotional milestone for New Yorkers.

A New York property developer is offering the uber-wealthy the opportunity to buy a condo parking spot for a cool $1m — merely six times the value of a typical American home.

Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane pictured insisted he and his team- mates were moving on following the uncertainty over thefuture of assistant manager Roy Keane.

Tomorrow’s Oscars won’t just inspire cinema audiences. They’ll inspire countless holidays and city breaks too.

ONE of the crucial decisions before visiting the city that allegedly never sleeps is where to lay your head.

New York’s Michael Bloomberg had riches and a can-do spirit, but after 12 years he had outstayed his welcome, says Jim Dwyer.

Golf clubs get a bad rap and sometimes deservedly so.

IN THE US something very interesting is happening, it’s virtually a grassroots revolution.

Matthew Macklin faces a third world title bid in Connecticut tonight. John Riordan spoke to him in New York City this week.

A confident Andy Lee insisted yesterday he will be patient during tonight’s return to the ring in New York against Detroit’s Darryl Cunningham.

John Bruton sees the abortion issue as one of human rights, writes John Riordan in New York

Victims of superstorm Sandy on the US east coast struggled against the cold early yesterday amid fuel shortages and power outages even as officials fretted about getting voters displaced by the storm to polling stations for tomorrow’s presidential election.

New York City moved closer to resuming its frenetic pace by getting back its vital subways today, three days after a superstorm left neighbouring New Jersey stunned by miles of coastal devastation.

Huge swathes of New York have been left deserted and dark after America’s largest city suffered the full force of Superstorm Sandy.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

Millions of people across the north-eastern United States were bracing for Hurricane Sandy as the superstorm picked up speed over the Atlantic.

One World Trade Center is a fitting tribute to 9/11 victims, John Riordan reports from New York

President Michael D Higgins adjusted the green, white, and orange ribbons on the wreath and bowed his head.

Springtime has arrived early in New York City. The winter hasn’t been its usual vicious self but that doesn’t diminish the feelgood factor that comes with emerging out of the low months.

FLYING 3,000 miles to drown the shamrock, blurt out the cúpla focail and watch a St Patrick’s Day parade seems a strange way for an Irish holidaymaker to spend hundreds of euro.

All-Ireland winning captain Eoin Kelly has insisted the door is “wide open” for Lar Corbett should he ever decide to return to the Tipperary hurling panel.

The New York melting pot was overflowing in Lower Manhattan yesterday morning, all manner of people brought there by their champion football team.

If you’re a boxer, you already know what the fight is about. If you turn pro, you have to learn the ins-and-outs.

HUNDREDS of police officers in riot gear raided the New York city park where the Occupy Wall Street protests began, evicting and arresting protesters, before dawn, from what has become the epicentre of the worldwide movement protesting at corporate greed and economic inequality.

Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the New York City park where the Occupy Wall Street protests began, evicting and arresting dozens of protesters, before dawn, from what has become the epicentre of the worldwide movement protesting at corporate greed and economic inequality.

THE Occupy Wall Street movement in the US has been heating up again — resulting in about 50 arrests in Boston and plans for a Manhattan “Millionaires March” to the homes of some of New York city’s wealthiest residents.

THE protests on Wall Street, the fabled centre of American commerce, are expected to swell with reinforcements as more groups head toward lower Manhattan, widening the scope of the ongoing demonstrations.

People around the globe stopped to remember the victims of the September 11 attack today, falling silent to mark the exact moment a decade ago that terrorists struck.

THE ACT of remembering September 11, 2001 is fraught with difficulty, both for survivors whose trauma lingers to this day and for the fortunate majority who will never know the stench of death which overcame that sunny morning in Lower Manhattan.

TEN years ago, with the rubble of the World Trade Centre still smouldering away after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, prospective visitors to New York wondered whether they should put off their trips, or keep a respectful distance.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing nine people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Irene slammed into the New Jersey shore with 75mph winds today after dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia, killing eight people and knocking out power to at least two million homes.

A 5.9 MAGNITUDE earthquake centred in Virginia yesterday forced evacuations of all the monuments in Washington and rattled nerves from the southern state of Georgia to Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island in the northeast where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported.

FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn entered a plea of not guilty yesterday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency.

A New York judge today cleared the way for former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be freed from jail in his sex assault case even after his expensive housing plans hit a snag.

Americans gathered in jubilant crowds to cheer, sing and applaud early today after their president announced that Osama bin Laden was dead.

Americans gathered in jubilant crowds to cheer, sing and applaud early today after their president announced that Osama bin Laden was dead.

IT WASN’T a hugely significant handball tournament but that didn’t matter to the two NFL stars who had travelled all the way to Seattle to lend their support to Eric Plummer in January, 2004.

TWO protesters died and four were injured as Afghans protested for a third day yesterday against a plan by an American pastor to burn copies of the Islamic holy book, despite his decision to call off the action.

A New York City community board voted today for a plan to build a mosque and cultural centre near Ground Zero.