The same-sex marriage referendum, Ed Sheeran and miniature Guinness cakes were just some the most viewed and talked about videos and issues Irish people engaged with this year.

A Corkman who has never run a high-altitude marathon in his life will attempt one of the world’s most gruelling ones in the Himalayas next month in an effort to raise money for the victims of last April’s Nepal earthquake.

Providing poor accommodation for a desperate people simply will not suffice — it risks walking them into a disaster that will recur, writes Conor O’Loughlin in Kathmandu.

A Cork stag party in Prague has been labelled a national embarrassment, a priest was jailed for four years yesterday for enlisting the help of members of the Continuity IRA, a young boy has told how he was buried alive for five days after the Nepal earthquake and the build up to the Mayweather V Pacquiao fight continues. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.