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Tanaiste to meet mother of murdered peacekeeper

It comes after Natasha Rooney expressed disappointment at a lack of justice for her son Sean, who was killed in Lebanon in 2022.

The Independent UK

Irish premier welcomes that mother of peacekeeper killed in Lebanon can sue UN

Sean Rooney, 24, from Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, was killed on December 14 2022.

Evening Standard

Lebanese ministers offer ‘assurance’ to Harris over Irish soldier death

Ireland’s deputy premier raised the case of Private Sean Rooney in a meeting with ministers ahead of a visit to troops currently serving in Lebanon.

Evening Standard

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Irish deputy premier to reaffirm ‘unwavering commitment’ to UN Lebanon mission

Simon Harris is visiting Lebanon this week against a backdrop of heightened tensions with Israel.

The Independent UK

Delay in trial over peacekeeper’s death in Lebanon ‘not acceptable’ – Harris

The Tanaiste is to visit Irish peacekeeping troops in the country.

Evening Standard

Ireland’s deputy premier to highlight memory of peacekeeper during Lebanon trip

Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris will highlight Private Sean Rooney who was killed in the region in 2022.

Evening Standard

UN chief hails ‘remarkable courage’ of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon in 2022

Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Private Sean Rooney in a letter to his mother.

Evening Standard

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Erdan Warns UN Security Council Of ‘powder Keg’ On Cusp Of Hezbollah Ignition

The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations implored its Security Council to help clamp down on Hezbollah

Zenger

Irish soldiers in Lebanon targeted again, just months after murder of Private Sean Rooney

The Irish Mirror has confirmed that an Irish UN jeep from the unit that replaced slain Pte Rooney’s battalion last month was surrounded by an angry crowd for more than an hour

Irish Mirror

Ireland wants to see justice for murdered peacekeeper in Lebanon – Tanaiste

Irish peace keeping soldier Sean Rooney was killed in Lebanon in December.

The Independent UK

Lebanon's Hezbollah says not linked to accused in peacekeeper killing

Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday denied that five men accused by a military tribunal of killing an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in 2022 were linked to the armed Shi'ite group.

Reuters

Lebanon accuses five over killing of UN peacekeeper Sean Rooney

UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says indictment is an ‘important step towards justice’.

Al Jazeera

Hezbollah members accused over Irish peacekeeper killing -source

A Lebanese military tribunal has formally accused five members of Hezbollah and the allied Amal Movement of killing an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in 2022, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Tragic Irish soldier Sean Rooney honoured at United Nations ceremony

Private Rooney, 23, was shot in the head as he drove an armoured jeep away from a crowd of attackers in southern Lebanon in December.

Irish Mirror

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Irish Mirror

Private Sean Rooney who was killed in Lebanon honoured at PDFORRA conference

"The unjustifiable killing of Private Sean Rooney and serious injury to Trooper Shane Kearney in the course of their duty in UNIFIL reinforces the unique nature of service in the Defence Forces, and the exceptional skills of Defence Forces personnel.”

Irish Mirror

Irish soldier Shane Kearney set to undergo what's hoped will be final surgery in wake of Lebanon attack

The Irish UN peacekeeper was injured in the shooting incident which left 24-year-old Private Sean Rooney dead

Dublin Live

Trooper Shane Kearney to undergo 'hopefully final operation' in Beaumont Hospital today

The 23-year-old, from Killeagh in East Cork, suffered serious head injuries after the convoy he and his comrades were travelling in was targeted in Lebanon last year

Irish Mirror

Inside the Defence Forces training area in rural Wicklow

These exclusive Mirror images show personnel from the 122 Infantry Battalion – which goes to Lebanon next month - coming under simulated attack in Toyota armoured utility vehicles identical to the vehicle Pte Rooney (23) was driving when he was shot dead last December

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Irish Mirror

Irish soldier Shane Kearney out of hospital and on road to recovery after Lebanon ambush

The Cork native has been discharged from Beaumont hospital

The Independent UK

Irish peacekeeper injured in Lebanon attack is discharged from Dublin hospital

Tanaiste Micheal Martin welcomed the “good news”, and said that a UN report into the fatal ambush is expected in the coming weeks.

The Independent UK

Government ‘determined’ to see justice over killing of Irish peacekeeper

Tanaiste Micheal Martin visited Lebanon where Private Sean Rooney was killed in a shooting incident in December.

Irish Mirror

Fiancée, family and friends of tragic Irish soldier Sean Rooney to gather for month's mind mass in Donegal

Sean Rooney was killed in an ambush in Lebanon on December 14

Irish Mirror

Irish soldier Shane Kearney injured in Lebanon shooting no longer critical and 'responding well to treatment'

Shane Kearney was injured in the same shooting incident that resulted in the death of Private Sean Rooney

Irish Mirror

Seven suspects formally charged over the murder of Private Seán Rooney

Reports in several Lebanese media outlets said the men were all charged with taking part in the attack – and that they included the alleged gunman

Irish Mirror

Hezbollah fighters now admit being at scene where Irish soldier Sean Rooney was murdered

Investigators have consistently suspected that Hezbollah fighters were involved in the ambush that left Private Rooney dead and his colleague Trooper Shane Kearney seriously injured – but this is the first confirmation that members of the organisation were present

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