Injured UN peacekeeper Shane Kearney has landed back in Ireland on a special medical aircraft, so that he can continue to receive hospital care here.
The Defence Forces confirmed that Trooper Kearney, who was injured in the attack that killed his colleague, Private Sean Rooney, in Lebanon, arrived in Baldonnel, South Co Dublin at 5.40pm this evening.
He has now been transferred by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital to continue receiving medical treatment.