Irish Students Killed In Balcony Collapse

Five Irish students have been killed and eight others injured after a balcony collapsed at an apartment building in Berkeley, California.
A 21st birthday party was taking place in the apartment when the fourth-floor balcony collapsed, causing those on it to fall about 40ft (12.2m) to the ground.
The balcony fell on to a footpath from the top of the building shortly after midnight local time.
Four of the students died at the scene, while the other died later in hospital.
Pictures from the scene showed that the balcony appeared to have broken off from the building and partly landed on the balcony below it, as well as in the street.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan, who confirmed the dead are all Irish nationals, said: "It's an appalling tragedy, an appalling loss of life for young people whose hopes and dreams of the future have suddenly and without notice been shattered.
"There are a number of other students in the apartment at what I understand to have been a 21st birthday party who have been injured. They are being treated at a nearby hospital.
"I understand from both the police and indeed the hospital that five Irish citizens have lost their lives."