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Irish soldier injured in Lebanon attack returns home

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Soldier injured in Lebanon attack to be brought back to Ireland

A peacekeeping soldier injured in Lebanon has returned to Ireland to receive further medical treatment. Irish Army Private Shane Kearney, 22, from Killeagh, Co Cork, suffered a serious head injury in the attack that led to the death of Private Sean ...

21 Dec 2022 at 19:09

Crime & Court

Hearing into killing of Private Seán Rooney adjourned in Beirut

A preliminary hearing into the killing of Private Seán Rooney in Lebanon has been adjourned. A military court in Beirut adjourned the hearing on Friday with four of the five men alleged to have been involved in the fatal attack in December still ...

18 Jul 2023 at 12:01

Local News

Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to be repatriated to Ireland

The body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney will be repatriated to Ireland later on Sunday. A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, 23, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed on active service when his convoy ...

18 Dec 2022 at 14:01

Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to arrive home on Monday

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Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to be repatriated to Ireland

The body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney will arrive in Dublin on Monday morning after being repatriated from Lebanon. A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, 23, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed on ...

18 Dec 2022 at 22:38

Local News

Defence Forces team arrives in Lebanon to probe death of Private Sean Rooney

As plans are put in place for the repatriation of the body of Private Sean Rooney, a specialist Defence Forces team arrived in Lebanon to investigate the death of the tragic soldier. Private Rooney, who lived in Newtowncunningham, was ...

17 Dec 2022 at 16:52

National News

Defendants ‘convicted in Beirut’ of killing of Irish peace keeper in 2022

Defendants “have been convicted” in Beirut of the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in 2022, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has said. Sean Rooney, 24, from Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, was killed when a convoy of Irish ...

28 Jul 2025 at 22:03

National News

University to set up public archive on work of journalist Robert Fisk

Funding of 200,000 euro has been given to Trinity College Dublin to set up a publicly available archive on the work of the late renowned journalist Robert Fisk. Fisk was one of the best known Middle East correspondents who ...

05 Nov 2024 at 16:00

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Government determined killers of Sean Rooney will be brought to justice

The Irish Government is determined that those responsible for the death of a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon are brought to justice, Micheal Martin has said. The Tanaiste is visiting Beirut to meet Irish troops serving with the ...

19 May 2024 at 08:39

Minister’s Lebanon trip cancelled after concerns from Defence Forces

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Minister’s trip to Lebanon cancelled following Defence Forces concern

The Minister for Defence had to abandon a trip to Lebanon on security advice from the Defence Forces. Helen McEntee had been due to meet Irish peacekeepers deployed as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ...

03 Apr 2026 at 10:54

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