Berkeley balcony collapse victims honoured at memorial ceremony

“We all grieve together. We all grieve in our own way, at our own speed. We all have our good days and our bad days, but we have them together.”

Those were the words of US ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley, addressing the family and friends of Irish students who tragically lost their lives in Berkeley, California, this summer.

They were among a crowd of almost 600 people who gathered at O’Reilly Hall at University College Dublin (UCD) last night to attend a memorial ceremony for the deceased.