The recent tragedy on Mount Everest has sparked an avalanche of bitter accusations among local Sherpas, Western climbers and others with stakes in the world’s highest mountain, writes John Hearne.

A huge week brings the return of Take Me Out, The Voice and Operation Transformation

Triumph and tragedy rarely comes in such close proximity in place and time.

RTÉ Television unveiled its new season of programmes yesterday, boasting that it was still the country’s favourite network because of the way it prioritised its content and service.

An Irish documentary has scooped one of the top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival in the US, known as the Oscars for independent film-makers.

An Irish film is up for a top prize in tonight's Sundance Film Festival Awards in the US, known as the Oscars for independent film-makers.

The documentary on the expedition up the world’s second highest mountain, which claimed the life of Limerick’s Ger McDonnell has won a major distribution deal in the US.

An Irish doctor and explorer who became the first woman from this country to reach the South Pole is attempting to make history for the second time as she bids to cross the treacherous North Patagonian Ice Cap in Chile.

In Aug 2008, 24 climbers from several international expeditions converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit of the most dangerous mountain on earth.

If he had gotten down to Camp Four that day and had heard the Koreans were in trouble, chances are he would have gone back up to try to help them. He was just that kind of person.

YOU probably didn’t know it had a name, but I’m sure you’ve come across the Cupertino Effect.

FAMILY members of a late Limerick mountaineer gathered in Adare yesterday for the launch of an awards scheme dedicated to his memory.

A CO Limerick mountain climber who died in a brave rescue attempt on K2 has been given an award for bravery.

No Way Down: Life & Death on K2

A LIMERICK man who died shortly after becoming the first Irish person to climb K2 — the world’s most dangerous mountain — was honoured yesterday by his native county.

ADVENTURER Gerard McDonnell, who died on his descent from K2 last August, has been nominated posthumously for the Limerick Person of the Year Award.

EIGHT secondary school students are packing their bags for the adventure of a lifetime in which they will retrace the journey of Antarctic explorers Robert F Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean.

DUTCH mountaineer Wilco van Rooijen was lucky to come home alive from a expedition to reach the summit of the world’s second highest mountain during which 11 people died, among them Limerick climber Gerard McDonnell.

A RURAL community which nestles on the flatlands by the southern shore of the Shannon Estuary yesterday gathered to mark the life of one of their own who conquered the highest reaches on earth.

Over 2,000 people paid their respects to Gerard McDonnell at a memorial mass this afternoon.

A memorial mass will take place in Co Limerick today for Irish climber Gerard Mc Donnell.

AN American climber spoke yesterday of the ice fall that caused the deaths of 11 climbers on K2, including Limerick climber Gerard McDonnell.

THE brother and girlfriend of the Limerick climber confirmed dead in the Himalayas are preparing to travel to the area to meet the leader of the ill-fated expedition.

A frost-bitten Dutch climber today gave the first graphic account of the conditions on K-2 that led to one of mountaineering’s worst disasters.

The brother and girlfriend of Limerick climber, gerard McDonnell, missing and presumed dead in the Himalayas are to travel to the area to meet the leader of the ill-fated expedition.

Rescue helicopters were flown in to K2 today after an avalanche left at least nine climbers feared dead.

The body of Limerick man Gerard McDonnell will not be recovered from K2 after the rescue operation was wound down today.

Rescue efforts resumed today to find at least nine climbers, including an Irish man, feared dead on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, after an avalanche cut ropes used to cross a treacherous wall of ice, officials said.

The family of Limerick climber, Gerard McDonnell have confirmed that they now believe he died while descending K2, the world's second highest mountain.

Nine climbers are feared to have died in an avalanche after scaling the world’s second-highest mountain, K-2, according to a Pakistani tour operator.

Searches are continuing today for a Co Limerick climber who went missing in Asia after scaling the second highest mountain in the world.

Fears were today mounting for the safety of a Co Limerick climber after he went missing while descending the second highest mountain in the world.

A climbing website has posted an alert that Irish climber Gerard McDonnell has disappeared hours after reaching the summit of K2 in the Himalayas.

A Co Limerick man has become the first Irish person to reach the peak of the world's most dangerous mountain.

A CO LIMERICK adventurer yesterday became the first Irish man to reach the summit of the world’s second-highest mountain, K2.

A Co Limerick adventurer today became the first Irish man to reach the summit of the world’s second highest mountain – K2.

Northern Ireland mountaineer Terence “Banjo” Bannon has said he will never attempt to climb one of the world’s most lethal peaks again after witnessing the death of four Russian climbers from his team.

UZBEKISTAN has formally evicted the US from a military base that has served as a hub for its combat operations in Afghanistan, the US State Department confirmed.

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