Edmond Hilary

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NZ meat pie.
Our new food columnist brings a touch of New Zealand to ‘The Irish Times’

The thing about living in New Zealand in the 1980s, back in the day when the All Blacks had part-time jobs, is that there wasn’t a whole lot of culina(...)

Gordon D’Arcy is greatly underestimated in Irish rugby. It is only when he is absent that people see his real value. Photo: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Unimpressive Ireland gazing into the abyss – and the abyss is All Black

Approaching the summit of Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary, the great New Zealand mountaineer, famously confronted a staggering challenge. An impassable (...)