A fundraising page has been set up by the family of Seamus Lawless, the Irish climber missing on Mount Everest.
The campaign, which has already raised over €70,000, is to fund a team of expert Sherpas to locate Shay and bring him home.
The 39-year-old Trinity College professor from Bray in Co Wicklow reached the summit in the early hours of Thursday morning - but he's been missing since falling during the descent.
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A rally supporting the Raise the Roof initiative will take place in Dublin later today, calling for action on the housing crisis.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is urging members to back the protest, which starts at Parnell Square at 1pm.
Father Peter McVerry from the Peter McVerry Trust has described the housing situation as morphing from 'a crisis to catastrophe'.
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Australians are voting in elections which could give them their sixth prime minister in as many years.
Bookies are predicting the Labor party will return to power with a campaign fought on tax reforms and climate change - after six years of a Liberal-National Coalition.
Voting is compulsory, with fines for over-18s who don't go the polls.
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The partner of murdered journalist Lyra McKee will address today's March for Marriage Equality in Belfast.
Sara Canning says she has already asked the British prime minster to push forward legislation for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have also urged for huge crowds to come out and join the march, which coincides with International Day against Homophobia.
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The Wild Atlantic Way has a new tourist attraction.
A huge basking shark has taken up residence at Keem Bay on Achill Island in County Mayo.
The shark has been filmed swimming and feeding in the bay over the past month.
