At least 57 people were injured, 11 of them seriously, when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City’s financial district during the morning rush-hour, officials said.

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

Each crew in the Atlantic Challenge will compete in one of the famous ‘Bantry longboats’, says Conor Power

US petrol at the pump may have reached its annual peak the earliest in 14 years, amid rising oil supply, easing Middle East tensions and the takeover of refineries that were threatened by closure.

Denise Hall reveals Bantry’s 215 years old link to the Atlantic Challenge

No longer a hurricane, Irene spent the last of its fury and sloshed its way into Canada early today, inflicting relatively little damage to New York but leaving a trail of treacherous flooding and millions without power along America’s east coast.

IRENE charged into New England yesterday as it weakened to a tropical storm after racing across New York city leaving the East Coast stunned, with at least 16 dead, widespread flooding and power outages for four million homes and businesses.

Hurricane Irene shut down New York and menaced other cities as it steamed up the East Coast of America, dumping a foot of rain on North Carolina and Virginia and knocking out power to two million homes and businesses.

Jennifer Aniston is set to splash out $5.9m (€4m) on a New York apartment.

The US Post Office has made a huge mistake on a stamp honouring an icon of America, the Statue of Liberty.

THE final resting place of the first immigrant through America’s Ellis Island has at last been marked — 84 years after her death.

British billionaire Richard Branson is back in the business of chasing speed records on the high seas – this time with his family.

THE first immigrant to arrive on America’s Ellis Island over a century ago is to finally get a headstone over her unmarked grave.

NO PLAQUE, no memorial. Just three wilted roses, a curled photograph and a wall scribbled with graffiti from loyal fans mark the site in Paris where Princess Diana died and the legend took over.

A STUNNING exhibition of haunting century-old images of American immigrants opened in Cork last night.

A single-engine plane crashed into a high-rise building on New York’s Upper East Side high-rise today, killing four people, raining debris on the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers’ nerves exactly one month after the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack.

RESEARCHERS have reportedly discovered the true descendants of an Irish girl who was the first person to pass through New York’s historic Ellis Island immigration centre.

The pilot who passed out at the helm of the Staten Island ferry in New York before a fatal 2003 crash has been jailed for 18 months for manslaughter.

IT arrived from France in more than 200 crates in 1885, and it’s been an enduring symbol of Franco-American friendship ever since.

The assistant skipper of a Staten Island ferry today admitted manslaughter and lying about his medical history before a crash that killed 11 New York commuters.

New York’s Statue of Liberty, closed immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks, will reopen to the public this summer.

Martin Scorsese offered his moviemaking talent today to a campaign to reopen the Statue of Liberty to the public.

Martin Scorsese offered his moviemaking talent today to a campaign to reopen the Statue of Liberty to the public.

A STATEN ISLAND ferry pilot may have fallen asleep just before his ship slammed into a pier killing 10 people and injuring at least 42 others in New York harbour, police said yesterday.

A Staten Island ferry pilot may have fallen asleep just before his ship slammed into a pier killing 10 people and injuring at least 42 others in New York harbour, police said today.

The pilot responsible for docking a New York harbour ferry that slammed into a pier, killing at least 10 people and injuring 42 others, fled the scene immediately after the crash and then attempted suicide, a police official said today.

At least 10 people were killed and 34 injured when a New York harbour ferry slammed into a pier as it was docking, tearing off victims’ limbs and sending passengers leaping into the water, officials said.

A 70-YEAR-OLD British billionaire set sail from New York yesterday in a bid to break the world speed record for crossing the Atlantic by sea.

ONE man was killed and two people were missing after a barge carrying gasoline exploded off New York's Staten Island yesterday, sending flames and huge clouds of black smoke high into the air.

PRESIDENT Bush stood beside a Pentagon rebuilt to mourn on this new September 11 the murder of so many innocents a year ago and, in their memory, he commanded the United States military to victory in the war the terrorists began.

A MINUTE’S silence will mark a million screams today as the country stands still to remember the dead of the September 11 attacks.