Irish students were “packed like sardines” on a balcony which collapsed in California, Dublin has moved up two places in the rankings of the most expensive locations for foreign workers, Donald Trump said he is a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 US presidential election, and Chris Evans has been revealed as the new host of Top Gear. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

A ’number of Irish’ are among five killed in a US balcony collapse; Liquidators at Clerys in Dublin have told laid-off workers there are no funds to pay redundancies; and primary education is not free, but would be for an extra €103m a year, says Fergus Finlay. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A video purported to be by Somalia’s al Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping centres in the US, Canada, Britain and other Western countries.

If Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are planning to get married at George Clooney’s villa in Italy, it’s news to him.