The body of brave soldier Sean Rooney will arrive home in Ireland today.
In heartbreaking scenes yesterday, Private Rooney’s coffin, draped in the Irish tri-colour, was carried by six colleagues on to an Air Corps CASA plane on the runway of Beirut International Airport. The 23-year-old started his final journey four days after he was shot dead while on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon last week.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said arrangements were being made for an appropriate service for Pte Rooney. He added: “Obviously he’ll be offered military honours which I think is appropriate given the circumstances.”
