A memorial service will be held today for the Irish mountaineer who lost his life on Mount Everest last weekend.
John Delaney (41), a father of three from Kilcock, Co Kildare, originally from Laois, collapsed within 50 metres of the summit, and efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
The memorial service will be held in his home town of Ballinakill, Co Laois. It is unlikely that Mr Delaney’s body can be recovered, due to the altitude.
He is the first Irishman to die on the world’s highest peak (8,848m). His wife Orla had recently given birth to their third child, a daughter named Hope.
It was his second trip to Everest, and he was with a Russian commercial expedition.
