A man who was attacked and had boiling water thrown over him as he watched a rugby match in a Dublin city hostel has sued for damages in the High Court.

A Mount Everest expedition leader criticised for leading his team past a dying British climber said today that he did not know during his team’s ascent that anyone was in trouble near the peak.

New Zealander Mark Inglis, the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, was congratulated today by another keen climber – prime minister Helen Clark.