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Mourners gathered today for the funeral of a Belfast doctor who died saving his girlfriend’s life in a mountain climbing accident.

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A Northern Ireland man who plunged to his death while climbing a mountain in New Zealand had told his family how lucky he was to have escaped the Asian tsunami, it emerged tonight.

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Climber who died in NZ accident named

An Irish climber who plunged to his eath while descending a steep slope in New Zealand’s Southern Alps was named this evening.

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