One of the country’s most successful mountaineers has died while climbing the world's tenth-highest peak Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Monday night.
According to expedition organisers, Noel Hanna, a 10-time Everest summiteer from Co Down, died at Camp IV after he returned from the summit point.
Annapurna is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal.