The death toll from the earthquake in Nepal is expected to rise significantly as the rescue and relief effort is hampered by poor infrastructure and communications.

More than 4-thousand bodies have been recovered after the massive quake that hit the country last Saturday.

A small number of Irish citizens are still unaccounted for.

Over a hundred climbers are believed to be stranded on Mount Everest - they are being air-lifted two at a time by helicopter.

Many tourists visit Nepal - and countries are trying to locate their missing nationals.

John Roche of the Irish Red Cross says poor infrastructure is making the situation more difficult: