Noel Hanna, an experienced Co Down mountaineer, was descending from Annapurna when he died, it is believed.

Noel Hanna scaled summits and competed in sports adventures around the world

The man has been named as Ruan Calum Crighton by Nepal’s aviation authority.

An Irish citizen is understood to be among 72 people on board a plane which has crashed in central Nepal, leaving at least 40 passengers dead

Martin Schibbye created the football card centered project ‘Cards of Qatar’ to highlight the stories of migrant workers involved with the World Cup.

Adventurers looking to scale Nepal’s Himalayan peaks and trek its mountain trails can finally do so for the first time in seven months, as the country reopens to foreigners even as the coronavirus pandemic has left it short of hospital beds.