Irishman dies on Everest days after baby’s birth

AN Irishman has died attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest days after his wife gave birth to a baby girl.

John Delaney, 41, from Kilcock, Co Kildare, is understood to have collapsed less than 50 metres from the top. He is the first Irish man to die on the world’s highest mountain.

The climber, managing director of an online market prediction company, died on Saturday, but because his team was out of contact it was only confirmed yesterday.