The Lord Mayor of Cork will visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant next week as he leads a historic Irish civic delegation to the region ahead of the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Signed memorabilia by Rory McIlroy, Pádraig Harrington, Paul McGinley, Tom Watson and Shane Lowry will be among the items auctioned at Kerry’s fundraiser for their centre of excellence in New York tomorrow week.

Rocks from Mayo, accounted for in the chaos following 9/11, lie at the core of a Famine memorial in New York, just a stone’s throw from Ground Zero, says Bette Browne.

Would you go on the Drop of Doom?

London is the selfie capital of the world, according to social media analysis.

Experts in Italy have warned one of the world’s most famous statues — Michelangelo’s David — is in danger of collapsing because it has weak ankles.

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

Statue #1: Zidane sent off in Qatar

The Statue of Liberty has reopened to the public after New York state agreed to shoulder the costs of running the site during the US federal government shutdown.

After taking an enormous bite of the Big Apple over the last six days, courtesy of the National Lottery, 78 prize winners touch down in Dublin Airport this morning laden with shopping and wonderful memories.

Politicians on both sides of the US congressional stalemate have been summoned for talks with president Barack Obama as the partial government shutdown showed little sign of a breakthrough.

The lucky winners of the National Lottery’s Big Money Game TV gameshow jetted off to New York yesterday morning for the trip of a lifetime.

WHEN Katarina smashed up New Orleans, we looked on in horror the way you would a foreign disaster movie — appalling, but not really something you could relate to.

When 69-year-old Francis Kennedy stepped onto flight EI105 from Dublin to New York last Friday it was the Co Tipperary man’s first time on a plane.

New Yorkers lined their city’s waterfront today to welcome the space shuttle Enterprise as it sailed up the Hudson River to its new home aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

I thought rip-off Ireland was gone but, unfortunately, no one told the powers that be in Croke Park.

Scores waved tiny flags after taking the oath of US citizenship at the foot of the Statue of Liberty on Friday, 125 years after the iconic American symbol welcoming visitors and immigrants was dedicated.

A helicopter carrying five people on a private tour for a birthday celebration crashed into the East River in New York shortly after take-off yesterday, killing a British woman and injuring three others.

New York City's mayor has told residents who need to evacuate ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Irene that they should do so immediately.

One of the most iconic statues in the world is to undergo renovations.

Another Republican has formally entered the race for the US presidential nomination, just months after stepping down as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to China.

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

Rubbish will pile up in the streets of Washington DC and the Statue of Liberty will close if the US Congress fails to reach a budget deal tonight and the government shuts down.

Katell made a winning debut for Linda Stubbs in the Racing UK On Sky 432 Maiden Auction Stakes at Beverley today.

“‘CHAPTER ONE. He adored New York City. He idolised it all out of proportion... no, make that: he – he romanticised it all out of proportion. Yes. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.’ No, no, corny, too corny for a man of my taste. Can we... can we try and make it more profound?” – Woody Allen, Manhattan.

THE Olympic Park in London is to get a mini-Eiffel tower at the behest of Mayor Boris Johnson.

A US-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted of attempting to kill FBI agents and others while detained in Afghanistan.

A Pakistani scientist allegedly linked to al Qaida will go on trial in New York today, accused of shooting at FBI agents in Afghanistan.

Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of New York’s murky Hudson River in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from the mid-air collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a light aircraft that killed nine people.

Two bodies have been recovered so far after a small plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River near Manhattan today.

A section of an abandoned overhead railway line in New York City will open to the public today as a landscaped park, the first of its kind in the United States.

A top White House aide resigned for his role in the Presidential aircraft’s $328,835 photo-opportunity flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

RECRIMINATIONS continued yesterday after a White House photo opportunity saw a low flying plane skim New York’s skyline, provoking fears and memories of a September 11-type attack.

President Barack Obama today described as a “mistake” a photo opportunity staged by the White House in which a low-flying plane skimmed New York’s skyline, provoking memories of the 9/11 attack.

Recriminations continued today after a White House photo opportunity saw a low-flying plane skim New York’s skyline, provoking fears and memories of a 9/11 type attack.

A Boeing 747 used by the US president was escorted over lower Manhattan by an Air Force fighter yesterday, causing a brief panic among office workers near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

A meteorite falls to Earth and smashes into a goldfish bowl belonging to Josh (Austyn Lind Myers), who lives in New York City with his mother Gina (Elizabeth Banks).

THE Great Wall of China, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll.

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.

The new seven wonders of the world have been chosen after 100 million people voted.

A man opened fire on the gamblers in a Las Vegas casino early today, wounding four people before he was tackled by off-duty military reservists, police said. A fifth person was hurt in a crush of people fleeing the casino.

The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and Peru’s Machu Picchu are leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close.