Lebanon

Soldier was injured during convoy attack that killed Pte Seán Rooney in Lebanon

Ghassan Oueidat has delayed the investigation into the Beirut port explosion in 2020

Demonstrations take place against stalling of inquiry into explosion which killed 218 people in 2020

Tánaiste Micheál Martin visits Irish troops serving with Unifil as part of official visit to Lebanon

Former ministers charged over massive blast which killed 218 people and wounded 6,000 in August 2020

UN peacekeeper was killed during attack in Lebanon on December 14th

Trooper Shane Kearney (22) severely injured in same attack that claimed life of Pte Seán Rooney

Charges against individuals range from murder and attempted murder to destroying vehicles during gun attack on UN vehicle in December

Varadkar indicates possibility of being able to commit to overseas trip ‘sometime next year’

Suspect handed over to Lebanese investigators is a supporter of Hizbullah “but not a member”

Hizbullah says man detained is a supporter of the militia, but not a member

Mandate was renewed and slightly amended in August, authorising Unifil ‘to conduct its operations independently’

Country’s ambassador to Ireland tells Micheál Martin and soldier’s family ‘Seán’s sacrifice will not be in vain’

The tragic death of Private Sean Rooney in Lebanon last week marks the first Irish peacekeeper death in combat in the region since 1999. The 23 year old was a member of the UN's 10,000-strong mission, Unifil. It's understood the vehicle became surrounded by an angry mob near the coastal down of Al Aqbieh on the night of Wednesday, 14th December. But why would the UN vehicle be the target of such ire? And what has caused the ratcheting up of tension in the Hizbullah-controlled in the region? Crime and Security Correspondent, Conor Gallagher, and retired Lieutenant Colonel and military historian, Dan Harvey, frame the conflict and analyse the threat on this episode of In The News.

Danny Boy and The Sally Gardens floated in the air at Pte Rooney’s Dundalk farewell

Private Sean Rooney remembered at funeral as a caring man ‘wise beyond his years’

Trooper Kearney (22) was injured in last week’s attack in which Pte Seán Rooney was killed

The Irish Defence Forces are not removed from the people, they represent us as a people - in some of the most troubled parts of the world

Garda and Defence Forces investigators have requested forensic reports from Lebanese authorities

Body of peacekeeper (24) killed while working on UN mission in Lebanon arrived back in Ireland on Monday

An Irish Air Corps plane is due to fly home the soldier’s remains from Beirut airport following a short ceremony

A team of eight Defence Forces personnel is on its way to Lebanon to help determine how Pte Seán Rooney died

Irish boots first hit the ground in Lebanon in 1958, since then new tactics are being used and it is not clear who is pulling the strings

Three investigations have been launched into Pte Seán Rooney’s death, by the Defence Forces, the UN and the Lebanese authorities

Taoiseach says Ireland determined to establish facts as arrangements made to repatriate remains of Pte Seán Rooney

Private Sean Rooney is the 88th member of the Defence Forces to lose their life overseas

Multiple investigations have begun into the killing of Pte Seán Rooney in the south of the country

Standoffs with people have become more common in recent years against the backdrop of an economic crisis in Lebanon

Varadkar tells Dáil that Simon Coveney will meet UN Secretary General to discuss the loss

Vehicles carrying eight peacekeepers fired at after being surrounded by ‘hostile mob’ while driving to Beirut, Coveney says

Families have been told they will soon lose the support on which they depend

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