Funeral details for Private Sean Rooney who was killed in Lebanon during a United Nations mission have been announced.
His funeral mass will take place on Thursday morning in Dundalk, Co Louth. The service will be held in Holy Family Church in the town at 9am.
Pte Rooney will then be taken to All Saints Catholic Church in Colehill, Co Donegal. There will then be a burial service with full military honours.
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The soldier's remains arrived in Dublin this morning on an Irish Air Corps CASA aircraft. A book of condolence has also been opened by Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy for the people of Dublin to sign.
Pte Rooney's RIP.ie notice reads: "Predeceased by his father Cormac. Sean will be sadly missed and forever loved by his heartbroken mother Natasha and dad Paul, his adored grandparents Eugene and Rachel Rooney, nanny Ann McCloskey, his loving fiancee Holly, sisters Robyn and Carragh, brothers Callum and Benn, aunts Tara, Olga and Lauren, uncles John, Eugene and John, the entire McCloskey family, extended family relatives, wonderful friends and colleagues in the Irish Defence forces and UNIFIL comrades."
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