TEN years after a morning of devastation set in motion a decade of war and recrimination, America stopped to remember almost 3,000 people who perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001.

A UNITED STATES tribute to the fortitude of the Irish people during the potato famine has closed after less than a year because it failed to withstand a New York winter.

A United States tribute to the fortitude of the Irish people during the potato famine has closed after less than a year because it failed to withstand a New York winter.