An Irishman has died attempting to reach the summit of Everest days after his wife gave birth to a baby girl.
41 year old John Delaney from Kilcock, Co Kildare, is understood to have collapsed less than 50 metres from the top.
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He is the first Irish man to die on the world’s highest mountain.
The climber died on Saturday but because his team was out of contact it has only just been confirmed.
