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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Grainne Ni Aodha & Michelle Devane

Irish soldier killed in Lebanon makes final journey as body flown home to be reunited with family

The body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney has arrived in Dublin after being repatriated from Lebanon.

A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed on active service when his convoy came under attack in Lebanon last week.

The 23-year-old’s remains left Beirut Airport on an Air Corps plane on Sunday afternoon after a solemn UN ceremony was held to honour the soldier ahead of his journey home.

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