September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of terrorist attacks by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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US charge d'affaires Alexandra McKnight with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in front of the 9/11 memorial at the US ambassador's residence in Dublin. The memorial incorporates steel from the World Trade Centre. Photo: Frank McGrath

Victims of 9/11 attacks honoured as wreath laid at memorial event

The nearly 3,000 civilians and first responders killed in the 9/11 attacks have been honoured at an event in Dublin. At least 18 Irish citizens died in the terrorist atrocities.

Rescue workers carry Fr Mychal Judge from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Story behind the photo that captured horror of 9/11 attacks

It was an unforgettable photograph on a day of shocking images. Five men struggle to carry a man through the rubble after the first of the World Trade Center towers had collapsed during the 9/11 attacks. In contrast to the exhaustion and fear on the men’s faces, the man being carried seems at peace.

Smoke spews from the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. Picture by Mario Tama/Getty

Remembering September 11, 2001: ‘We are tearing ourselves apart in ways that Osama Bin Laden could only have dreamed of’

On Monday, September 10, 2001, I flew from Dublin to New York. I’d been in Ireland for my friend Fiona’s wedding. It was quite a swish do at a castle in Wicklow. Fiona and I had been classmates in secondary school and then at university, so myself and the rest of the ‘Loreto Girls’ – Deborah, Kyla, Nicola, Keelin (and her husband Conor) – were all shacked up in the same guesthouse.

A view of World Trade Centre towers after the terrorist attack in 2001 (PA Archive)

Channel 4 announces new September 11 film focusing on children who lost fathers

A documentary will look at the impact of the September 11 attacks through the eyes of children born after their fathers were killed in the terrorist atrocity.

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Biden vows to pull all US troops out of Afghanistan by 20th anniversary of September 11 attacks

US President Joe Biden will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, US officials.

A security official inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan (Hamed Sarfarazi/AP)

Car bomb in Afghanistan kills at least eight

A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said.

It is the first time that the FBI has publicly confirmed, albeit by accident, that it suspected a link between the Saudi embassy in Washington and the September 11 hijackers. Stock picture

Saudi official suspected of links to 9/11 is identified by accident

The FBI has accidentally identified a Saudi diplomat it believes had links to the terrorists behind the September 11 attacks, confirming for the first time that US authorities suspected Riyadh's Washington embassy was involved in the atrocity.

Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims’ fund

The US Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the September 11 attacks never runs out of money.

Fire department chaplain Mychal Judge, who lost his life

Hopes Irish-American priest who died during 9/11 attacks will be named world's first openly-gay saint

A much-loved Irish-American priest who died during the 9/11 terror attacks has been tipped to become the first openly-gay saint.

NEW YORK: in The Statue of Liberty stands in the foreground as Lower Manhattan is viewed at dusk, September 8, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Here's what Lower Manhattan looks like, 15 years since 9/11

15 years since 9/11, Lower Manhattan has been 'reimagined' as a whole new destination for visitors and locals.

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