BEFORE he died, Damian Meehan phoned his firefighter brother, Eugene, for a bit of advice.

A report says the World Trade Centre's twin towers were brought down by fires caused by fuel from the hijacked airliners which crashed into them.

The bodies of two US police officers have been pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre in New York.

Police in New York said today they are close to a final death toll after the collapse of the World Trade Centre.

The bodies of 10 firefighters and three civilians have been pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre.

On a translated tape released by the US Defence Department today, Osama bin Laden says ‘‘we calculated in advance’’ the number of casualties in the September 11 attacks.

Three Irish brothers have been found alive in New York in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S.

It is still unclear exactly how many Irish people are missing in the World trade Centre rubble.

More than 8,100 metric tonnes of debris has been removed from the site of the World Trade Centre.

New York Governor Pataki has suspended the statue of limitations on civil and criminal proceedings to allow citizens to cope with the tragedy at the WTC.

6,000 tonnes of debris have been removed so far from the site of the World Trade Centre.

Earlier reports that five firefighters were found alive in the wreckage of the World Trade Centre have been denied.

Nine survivors of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the US have been pulled alive from the rubble of the World Trade Centre.

24 hours after yesterday’s massive attack on New York, rescuers report that survivors being pulled out of the rubble of the World Trade Centre.

24 hours after yesterday’s massive attack on New York, rescuers report that survivors being pulled out of the rubble of the World Trade Centre.

Thousands were feared dead today after terrorists launched an astonishing and brutal attack on the American nation, demolishing the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Centre and striking at the heart of the US military machine.

Abu Dhabi television reported it had received a call from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine claiming responsibility for crashing two planes into the WTC buildings.