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Vigils to be held to mark one month since Berkeley balcony tragedy

Today marks one month since the Berkeley balcony collapse. The tragedy saw six students killed an...
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12.26 16 Jul 2015


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Vigils to be held to mark one month since Berkeley balcony tragedy

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12.26 16 Jul 2015


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Today marks one month since the Berkeley balcony collapse.

The tragedy saw six students killed and has left seven with life-altering injuries when the balcony collapsed during a birthday party.

A mass is due to be held in St Philip's Church in the city tonight at 7pm local time.

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While a month's mind vigil will also take place on Sunday evening at Berkeley City Hall at 8:30pm.

The Irish Consulate in San Francisco says there is "an open invitation" to all who want to attend.

A number of fundraising events have also been organised for survivors, with a concert set to take place at The Academy in Dublin next week.

Just some of the acts include Jape, The Fontaines, Dublin Gospel Choir and Jessica Smith.

Three of the injured were reunited this week, when they were moved to a rehabilitation clinic in California.

Aoife Beary (21) woke from an induced coma last week.

She was moved to the Valley Medical Rehab Centre in Santa Clara, along with Hannah Waters and Clodagh Cogley.

In a statement posted on the 'Friends of Aoife Beary' Facebook page, it said "The road to recovery is still long and the family would again like to extend their thanks for all prayers, messages and positive thoughts being sent their way."


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