Climber who died in NZ accident named

An Irish climber who plunged to his eath while descending a steep slope in New Zealand’s Southern Alps was named this evening.

Irish doctor Donal Deery, aged 29, and his female companion slipped on the snow-covered incline and fell about 800ft into a drainage area near the town of Wanaka, on South Island, said Sergeant Aaron Nicholson.