Place: Everest Base Camp

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food

The Menu: Food news with Joe McNamee

The Menu and his progeny have been burning the midnight oil in a flurry of green-tinged preparations for Lá Féile Pádraig and while the dye may have already run from his emerald-green undershorts, his smorgasbord of fine Irish foodstuffs to serve on the day should prove infinitely more rewarding.

general

The shape I'm in: Pat Falvey, explorer

sport

Nicolas Roche confident Sky can reign in Spain

world

Scores die in second Nepal earthquake

news

Irish team forced to abandon Everest bid

sport

Devaney touching the sky

What the mountain top can tell us about our health

For most people, venturing to the highest mountain range in the world is a culmination of years of training and dedication, the ultimate challenge for passionate mountaineers.

Sun, 19 May, 2013

Get a seasonal getaway

Heaps of holly at Hayfield Manor, Co Cork

Sat, 19 Nov, 2011

The only sound was goats and streams

THE other afternoon, we drove to Trevélez, the highest village in Spain, and then walked higher still.

Mon, 12 Mar, 2007