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Berkeley tragedy: Balcony builder may face charges
“Berkeley mayor Tom Bates has not ruled out making a criminal complaint to the county prosecutor if investigators find shoddy workmanship caused the apartment balcony collapse in which six Irish...
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UCD to hold memorial service for Berkeley victims
“UCD is to hold a memorial service, in honour of those who died and were injured in Berkeley, later today …” (more) [BreakingNews.ie, 19 June]
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Hundreds attend UCD service for those killed in Berkeley
“Hundreds of people have attended a special Memorial service in UCD for the six Irish students who died in Berkeley. UCD students, friends of those who died in Berkeley, family members, staff and...
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Bodies of Berkeley victims to be flown home
“A joint funeral mass will be held in California today for two of the six students killed when an apartment balcony collapsed in Berkeley on Monday night …” (more) [RTÉ News, 20 June]
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Berkeley tragedy: Building was twice in breach of regulations
“The Berkeley balcony collapse was one in an ‘alarming’ series of similar incidents in the San Francisco area, a lawyer who has represented victims in other cases has said …” (more) [Caroline...
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Injured students face lengthy wait ahead of return home for treatment
“A key issue facing the families of those injured in the Berkeley tragedy is when they can be flown back to Ireland to continue their treatment. However, the seven students face a ‘long road to...
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Berkeley tragedy: Over $300,000 raised for family and friends
“More than $300,000 (€264,500) has been donated to a fund providing assistance to families of students killed and others directly affected by the Berkeley tragedy in California …” (more) [Sorcha...
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Berkeley tragedy: Injured survivors ‘will not be returning to Ireland soon’
“The seven Irish students who survived a balcony collapse in the college town of Berkeley, California, remain in hospital in varying states of recovery nearly a week later …” (more) [Independent, 22...
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Berkeley tragedy
“Sir, – This week, as the families of the six students lay their children to rest, we are once again struck by the genuine grief and sympathy expressed not just within their home parishes, schools and...
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Second student injured in Berkeley fall released from hospital
“A second Irish student who was among the seven injured in last week’s balcony collapse in Berkeley, California that killed six others has been released from hospital. The student and his family are...
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Lawyers for parents of Berkeley victim present claims
“American lawyers for the parents of one of the six students killed in the Berkeley balcony collapse have presented evidence to the local district attorney which, they claim, shows a litany of ignored...
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Berkeley: Students thought sloped balcony was intentional
“Legal papers show two students at a party in Berkeley last week say they saw a balcony sloping unusually before it collapsed, killing six Irish students. However, they initially believed the slope may...
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Difficult legal road for Berkeley victims and families
“On June 16th, six students were killed and seven others were injured when a balcony collapsed during a birthday party in a fourth floor apartment in Berkeley, California. Inspectors employed by the...
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Berkeley: Dublin law firms aid Irish families in wake of calamity
“Three Dublin law firms have begun assisting the Irish families of victims and survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse with finding American lawyers to represent them in the wake of the tragedy …”...
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Families hopeful that Berkeley victims can travel home ‘in weeks’
“The families of four students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse have revealed they are hopeful their children will return home to Ireland in the coming weeks …” (more) [Mark O’Regan,...
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Berkeley: complex investigation and legal fight ahead
“Where did the water come from? That’s the question. It is six weeks since the balcony collapse at an apartment block in Berkeley that killed five Dublin J-1 summer visa students and a young...
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Berkeley tragedy remembered at UCD start-of-term event
“Members of the families of the three UCD students who died in the Berkeley tragedy were joined by hundreds of classmates and peers at Belfield on Wednesday for a start-of-term remembrance event …”...
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Berkeley parents file US lawsuits over balcony collapse
“The parents of six students killed in the Berkeley balcony collapse in June and seven students injured in the tragedy have filed legal actions in California against 35 named defendants seeking...
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Berkeley balcony collapse case hearing in California court
“A preliminary hearing was held on Tuesday in the law suit being taken by the families of those killed and injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse. Details of the case were discussed when Judge Brad...
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Report on Berkeley balconies imminent
“A report on the inspection of thousands of buildings in Berkeley is to be published in the next fortnight, following the balcony collapse that claimed the lives of six Irish students in the...
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Berkeley balcony collapse: No criminal charges to be brought
“No criminal charges will be brought over the Berkeley balcony collapse that killed five Dublin J1 visa students and an Irish-American woman last summer, the US district attorney who investigated the...
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Berkeley balcony victims: Statements from families
“Statement from San Francisco legal firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger representing all families affected in balcony collapse, except Ashley Donohoe’s …” (more) [Irish Times, 29 March]
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Berkeley balcony collapse: DA will look at any new evidence in civil case
“Alameda County assistant district attorney (DA) Kevin Dunleavy has said that their office will be open to looking at any new evidence that emerges in the civil case being taken by the families of the...
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Trillion-dollar US firm vows to ‘vigorously’ fight Berkeley victims in court
“The owners of the building at the centre of the fatal Berkeley balcony collapse plan to ‘vigorously’ fight the multi-million dollar lawsuits being taken by survivors and relatives of the dead …”...
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No one will accept blame for tragedy
“Blame for the Berkeley balcony collapse is being thrown around in a most unedifying manner. Half of the 32 defendants named in a civil action being taken by survivors and relatives of the dead have...
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Even more lawsuits loom over Berkeley tragedy
“The number of parties being sued by victims of the Berkeley balcony collapse could grow. Lawyers for survivors and the families of those who died are trying to determine the identities of other...
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Berkeley balcony collapse: Contractors who worked on apartment face losing...
“Five contractors who worked on the Berkeley building where six students died face losing their state licenses – a watchdog agency has announced …” (more) [Independent, 9 April]
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Owner of Berkeley apartment sued for damages
“Three Irish women who were renting the Berkeley apartment where a balcony collapsed last summer, killing six people and injuring seven others, are suing the property owners and managers for damages …”...
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Berkeley tragedy witnesses sue for ‘emotional harm’
“Three Irish students who stepped off the fourth-floor balcony in Berkeley, California, last summer moments before it collapsed killing five Dublin students and a young Irish-American woman have sued...
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Berkeley companies risk losing licences for failing to follow industry...
“Companies that worked on construction of the apartment in the US where six students died last year risk losing their licence for failing to follow industry guidelines. The body which licenses building...
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Berkeley balcony collapse survivor has ‘defied odds’ and now wants to go back...
“The young woman who suffered horrific injuries while celebrating her 21st birthday when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California has ‘defied the odds’ and now wants to go back to college …” (more)...
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Berkeley families fight efforts to limit damages claims
“Survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse and the families of the dead have hit back at efforts to water down their multi-million dollar lawsuit …” (more) [Shane Phelan, Independent, 16 April]
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Berkeley lawyers offer two different theories for collapse
“Lawyers acting for survivors and families of those who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse have admitted making apparently contradictory claims in relation to the cause of the tragedy …” (more)...
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Irish J1 students denied housing in Berkeley because of nationality
“Students working in Berkeley, California on a J1 visa say they have encountered difficulties in securing accommodation because they are Irish. One young woman told The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk that...
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Companies seek to blame the victims in Berkeley tragedy
“Several companies being sued over the Berkeley balcony collapse have sought to shift blame for the tragedy onto the victims. At least four firms implicated in the case have claimed that the young...
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Berkeley balcony collapse firms request students’ photos
“A number of US companies defending claims for damages from the families of the Berkeley balcony collapse victims and the seven survivors have sought any photographs that might have been taken by the...
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US ambassador recalls ‘unimaginable’ Berkeley tragedy
“The US ambassador to Ireland has paid tribute to the six young people who lost their lives in the ‘unimaginable tragedy’ of the Berkeley balcony collapse. Speaking on the first anniversary of their...
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Bravery of Aoife Beary is hailed as new Berkeley law passes vote
“California is one step closer to new laws aimed at preventing a repeat of the Berkeley balcony collapse tragedy – and it is thanks in large part to the heart-wrenching testimony of Irish survivor...
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Berkeley balcony collapse survivors face quiz from building companies
“Lawyers acting for companies being sued for negligence over the Berkeley balcony collapse will be allowed to quiz survivors about the events leading up to the tragedy …” (more) [Shane Phelan,...
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California passes new laws following Berkeley tragedy
“The California Senate has passed a new law for the construction industry following the devastating Berkeley balcony collapse last year. The bill, which passed in the senate early yesterday with a...
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‘The balcony collapse that killed my daughter was not an isolated event’
“The State of California has today adopted a new law aimed at preventing tragedies such as the balcony collapse in Berkeley which killed six Irish students and injured seven others in June last year …”...
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Owner of Berkeley building can be sued over balcony collapse, court rules
“The company which owns the building where the Berkeley balcony tragedy occurred has failed to extract itself from a lawsuit alleging it was liable for defects. A Californian judge ruled that Granite...
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Berkeley mother ‘will not rest’ until balcony rules introduced
“The mother of the Irish-American student killed in last year’s Berkeley balcony collapse has said that she ‘will not rest’ until new standards are introduced to prevent a repeat of the tragedy …”...
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Site of Berkeley balcony collapse renamed
“Library Gardens apartment complex where six students died now known as K Street Flats. The apartment complex where the Berkeley balcony collapse occurred has been renamed …” (more) [Aine McMahon,...
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Builder of Berkeley balcony collapse complex has licence revoked
“The US construction firm which built the apartments in Berkeley, California where five Irish students and an Irish American woman died after a balcony collapse in June 2015 has had its building...
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Partial settlement reached in Berkeley balcony legal actions
“The families of five Irish students and one Irish-American who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse in California in June 2015, and the seven survivors of the incident, have reached a partial...
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US corporations settle lawsuits over Berkeley balcony collapse
“Relatives of the six students who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse and the seven survivors have settled legal actions against the corporate owner and property manager of the Californian building....
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Three witnesses to Berkeley balcony collapse settle actions
“Three Irish students who witnessed the Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six students and gravely injured seven others have settled their legal actions against the property’s owner and manager ….”...
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Families of Berkeley balcony collapse victims gather to mark third anniversary
“Family members of those who died in the Berkeley balcony collapse will gather to remember their loved ones later at a ceremony in California. A memorial plaque is to be unveiled near where the six...
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‘Rest in Paradise’ – mother of Berkeley balcony tragedy victim remembers...
“The six victims of the Berkeley balcony tragedy are being remembered today on the sixth anniversary of the tragedy that occurred when the five Irish students and an Irish American were celebrating a...
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