Berkeley deaths: Six Irish students who died when balcony collapsed have been named

Niccolai Schuster, Eoghan Culligan, Eimear Walsh, Olivia Burke, Ashley Donohoe and Lorcán Miller confirmed dead in California

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Simon Carswell reports from the scene of a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California where six Irish students were killed. Video: Reuters

Friends of the victims stand outside as they survey the scene in Berkeley. Photograph: EPA/Peter Dasilva

A screengrab showing the scene in Berkeley, Califronia, after a balcony collapsed killing up to five Irish students. Photograph: CBS News

The scene in Berkeley, California, after a balcony collapsed killing five people. Photograph: CBS This Morning

Screengrabs from ABC News of the scene of the collapsed balcony in Berkeley, California. Photograph: ABC News

A Google Street image of the building in Berkeley where a balcony collapsed resulting in the death of five Irish students.

Six Irish students have been confirmed dead in Berkeley California. They are (clockwise from top left): Eimear Walsh (21), Olivia Burke (21), Ashley Donohoe (22), Lorcán Miller (21), Niccolai Schuster (21) and Eoghan Culligan (21).

A makeshift memorial outside the Library Gardens Apartments, where a balcony collapsed, in downtown Berkeley, California, killing six Irish students. Photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Inspectors in a crane bucket get a closer look at a damaged balcony that collapsed at Library Gardens Apartments in downtown Berkeley where six Irish students were killed. Photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times