If the power of the mind helped John Burke to top Mt Everest, can students use it to reach peak potential? writes Trish Flanagan.

While Aoibhín Garrihy was rehearsing for Dancing with the Stars, her husband John Burke was training to climb Everest. As he embarks on his journey, he speaks to Colm O’Connor from base camp. 

An Irish duo’s attempt to walk 779km to the North Pole has been abandoned after both were injured when a sled fell on them.