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Five Irish students and one Irish-American student were killed and seven others were injured in the collapse

Berkeley council passes new inspection regulations

Berkeley City Council has passed new building inspection regulations designed to prevent another tragedy like the balcony collapse last month that killed six students and injured seven others.

News • 15 Jul 15

Jack Halpin suffered serious injuries in the 16 June tragedy

Berkeley survivor gives thumbs-up from hospital

A picture has been released of Dublin student Jack Halpin who was seriously injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse last month.

News • 10 Jul 15

Aoife Beary was critically injured in the collapse but is said to be making progress

Berkeley tragedy survivor taken off critical list

One of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony tragedy has been taken off the critical list in hospital and has started to wake from an induced coma.

News • 09 Jul 15

Clodagh Cogley's family say she is making great progress

Injured Berkeley balcony student 'making progress'

The family of Clodagh Cogley, who was seriously injured in the balcony collapse in Berkeley last month, have thanked people for their support and good wishes and say she is making great progress.

News • 02 Jul 15

A full-scale inquiry into the circumstances of the tragedy was announced yesterday

DA denies Irish pressure led to balcony inquiry

The Office of the District Attorney for Berkeley in California has denied that it was pressurised by the Irish community to launch a formal investigation into the balcony collapse after local authorities said their involvement was over.

News • 26 Jun 15

City of Berkeley inspectors were satisfied extensive dry rot was the sole cause of the failure of the wooden joists holding the balcony in place

DA launches formal Berkeley investigation

The Alameda County District Attorney's office has launched a formal investigation following a brief initial assessment of the circumstances surrounding the balcony collapse in Berkeley.

News • 25 Jun 15

Friends and family attended the funeral of Niccolai Schuster in Dublin today

Berkeley victim's parents speak of 'heartbreak'

The funerals of Niccolai Schuster and Olivia Burke, two of the six victims of the Berkeley balcony tragedy, have been held in Dublin.

News • 24 Jun 15

City officials have concluded their investigation and police are not carrying out a criminal investigation

DA to consider Berkeley balcony collapse inquiry

The City of Berkeley has confirmed that, as of now, no person or entity is being investigated in relation to the balcony collapse last week that killed six students and injured seven others.

News • 24 Jun 15

Six people died when the balcony gave way

Berkeley report points to 'severe' dry rot

The City of Berkeley preliminary report into the balcony collapse that killed six students last week has concluded that the wooden joist ends holding the balcony deck "appeared to be severely dry-rotted".

News • 23 Jun 15

The funeral mass of Eimear Walsh took place at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Foxrock

Two victims of Berkeley tragedy laid to rest

The funerals have taken place of two of the Irish students who died when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California last week.

News • 23 Jun 15

Funerals will take place in the coming days

Final preparations for Berkeley victims' funerals

Final preparations are under way for the funerals of five victims from last week's balcony collapse in Berkeley, California.

News • 22 Jun 15

Records show signs of suspected dry rot were located

Dry rot flagged in Berkeley complex before tragedy

Berkeley city housing inspectors found evidence just 20 months ago of suspected dry rot at two locations in the apartment complex where six young students were fatally injured last week.

News • 21 Jun 15

The mass heard the people of San Francisco stood in solidarity with the people of Ireland at a time of 'inexplicable suffering'

Special mass for Berkeley victims in San Francisco

The Archbishop of San Francisco has dedicated a special mass in the city's cathedral to the six students killed in Berkeley last Monday.

News • 21 Jun 15

Last night relatives of four of the students who were killed received their bodies at a joint service in St Columba's Church in nearby Oakland

Families say support has been 'tremendous comfort'

The families of five of the victims of the Berkeley balcony collapse have issued a joint statement thanking people for the support they have received.

News • 21 Jun 15

The six students died when a balcony collapsed at an apartment block in Berkeley

Berkeley families to hold vigil in city church

Families and friends of the six students who died when a balcony collapsed at an apartment in Berkeley, California on Tuesday are to hold a late night vigil in a church in the city.

News • 20 Jun 15

Three men and three women died in the collapse and seven others were hospitalised

Engineers say wood rot caused balcony collapse

Wood rot from exposure to excess moisture most likely weakened the horizontal beams supporting an apartment balcony that collapsed in Berkeley, California, and killied six people, several independent experts have concluded.

Special Reports • 18 Jun 15

Investigations are continuing at the scene in Berkeley

Second balcony in Berkeley 'structurally unsafe'

Officials have been inspecting a second balcony at the apartment complex in Berkeley, California, where six students died earlier this week.

News • 18 Jun 15

The crowd formed a large circle in the Martin Luther King Civic Center Park near the apartment complex

Vigil for Irish killed in balcony collapse

Around 800 people gathered in Berkeley in California overnight for a candlelit vigil to remember the six young people who lost their lives when a balcony collapsed.

News • 19 Jun 15