Nepal
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Historic winter ascent of K2: ‘This was for Nepal’
- Other Sports
- January 25, 2021, 06:00
At around noon on the Saturday before last, the climbers inched into the infamous passage called the Bottleneck on K2, the second-tallest mountain in (...)

China and Nepal agree new official height for Mount Everest
- Asia-Pacific
- December 8, 2020, 13:12
China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The new height of the w(...)

The rise of Indian food in Ireland: ‘You want food to be happiness’
- Food & Drink
- November 7, 2020, 06:00
To tackle the topic of Indian food in Ireland is to tease a thread out of a complicated tapestry, and here we can offer only the briefest glimpse. Ind(...)

‘I actually didn’t know Ireland existed. But I read about it and knew it was perfect for me’
- People
- October 28, 2020, 06:00
When asked what attracted her to study in Ireland, Sukrity Sharma answers without a moment’s hesitation. The books, the poetry and the playwrights, sh(...)

Young people ‘sick of being told what not to do’, says WHO’s Mike Ryan
- Irish News
- October 23, 2020, 02:59
There is “too much of the nanny state” about the way in which young people are scolded about their behaviour around Covid-19, Dr Mike Ryan has said. (...)

Saudi Arabia’s failure to win human rights seat a rebuke to crown prince
- Middle East
- October 18, 2020, 20:02
Saudi Arabia’s failure to secure membership of the UN human rights council is a rebuke to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a social reformer who is a(...)

Regulator appoints inspectors to investigate charity Bóthar
- Irish News
- October 9, 2020, 12:36
The Charities Regulator has appointed inspectors to carry out a statutory investigation into the charity Bóthar that gifts livestock to communities in(...)

‘I just thought it sounded exciting and different’
- Work
- September 18, 2020, 05:34
One of just a handful of Irish people living permanently in Nepal, Niall Kavanagh created a new life for himself at the foothills of the greatest moun(...)

Ireland’s first official Hindu Temple formally opened its doors in Walkinstown on Saturday following nearly two decades of fundraising and planning by(...)

Invisible catastrophe: How Covid-19 threatens to devastate rural India
- Asia-Pacific
- August 18, 2020, 13:37
Where better to seek sanctuary from a virus roaring through a crowded metropolis than a remote mountainside with views of the Himalayas? This was the(...)