A young soldier who died while on peacekeeping duty with the UN in Lebanon has been named as Donegal native Private Sean Rooney.
Pvt Rooney, 23, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, passed away on Wednesday while serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in an overnight incident. Two armed vehicles, carrying eight people, were travelling to Beirut when the convoy came "under small arms fire", according to a statement from the Defence Forces, and four peacekeeping soldiers were injured.
Pvt Rooney was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. He joined the Defence Forces in March 2019, and his home unit is the 27 Infantry Battalion in Dundalk, Co Louth.
