'It looks like I’ll live to over 100:' Ireland's oldest bell-ringer gets set to ring up his 90th 

As he has done for seven decades, Richard de Courcy will once again brave the 50 steps up to the belfry on his 90th birthday

The Dean of Christ Church, Bruce Hayes, with Richard De Courcy, Ireland’s oldest bell ringer, as he prepares to make his weekly climb up the bell tower of the Waterford cathedral. Picture Chani Anderson

One of Ireland’s oldest bellringers will spend his 90th birthday doing what he loves best in what is set to be a memorable morning at Christ Church Cathedral in Waterford.