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18th Jun 2015

The fund for Berkeley families has more than doubled since this morning

The support from people is amazing

Tony Cuddihy

The fund to support families of those killed in Tuesday’s Balcony tragedy in Berkeley has more than doubled since this morning.

At time of writing $70,610 had been raised by 798 people in two days – the figure stood at $34,000 earlier this morning.

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Six young Irish people were killed when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California on Tuesday morning (Irish time).

Seven others were injured, some critically, with family members flying over to the United States to be with their loved ones.

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