Dublin City Council and JC Decaux Ireland announced today that Just Eat has partnered with Dublin Bikes in a three-year agreement Read More...
A 30-person team successfully reached the summit of Africa’s highest peak while carrying a 25kg washing machine on their backs in aid of suicide prevention centre Pieta House. Read More...
This autumn, a cycling group will set out on a their four day journey to honor the fallen crew of Rescue 116. Read More...
More than 220 participants took place in the first ever Watersports Inclusion Games which took place in Dun Laoghaire at the end of June. Read More...
In efforts to combat cyclist safety, the proposed design would build a buffer of parked vehicles between traffic and cyclists. Read More...
Irishman Enda O’Coineen has come up with a really clever way to realise his dream and complete his mission to sail around the world. He’s joining up with a French team who also crashed out of the Vendee Globe race and both will finish their mission. Read More...
The number of rhinoceroses that were recently killed by poachers in Mozambique, finally wiping out the herd from Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa and Zimbabwe. The animals were shot dead for their horns which are prized in Asia for their reputed aphrodisiac and cancer-curing properties.
The number of calories climbers on Everest burn each day.
The number of Saudi women that have climbed Everest. Raha Moharrak (25) not only became the first Saudi woman to attempt the climb but also the youngest Arab to make it to the top of Everest. With a conservative Muslim background Moharrak said that convincing her family to agree to climb "was as great a challenge as the mountain itself", though they fully support her now. She also stated, "I don't really care about being the first... So long as it inspires someone else to be second."
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