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Irish soldier injured in Lebanon attack returns home

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Soldier injured in Lebanon attack to be brought back to Ireland

A peacekeeping soldier injured in Lebanon has returned to Ireland to receive further medical treatment. Irish Army Private Shane Kearney, 22, from Killeagh, Co Cork, suffered a serious head injury in the attack that led to the death of Private Sean ...

21 Dec 2022 at 19:09

Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to arrive home on Monday

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Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to be repatriated to Ireland

The body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney will arrive in Dublin on Monday morning after being repatriated from Lebanon. A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, 23, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed on active ...

18 Dec 2022 at 22:38

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Massive explosion in Beirut sends huge mushroom cloud into the sky

A massive explosion has occurred in the Labanese capital of Beirut, sending a huge mushroom cloud of dust into the air and leaving people injured. Videos have emerged of the explosion on social media and it is reported that the aftershock of the ...

04 Aug 2020 at 18:19

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University to set up public archive on work of journalist Robert Fisk

Funding of 200,000 euro has been given to Trinity College Dublin to set up a publicly available archive on the work of the late renowned journalist Robert Fisk. Fisk was one of the best known Middle East correspondents who spent his career ...

05 Nov 2024 at 16:00

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Government determined killers of Irish peacekeeper will be brought to justice

The Irish Government is determined that those responsible for the death of a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon are brought to justice, deputy premier Micheal Martin has said. The Tanaiste is visiting Beirut to meet Irish troops serving with the ...

19 May 2024 at 00:01

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Defendants ‘convicted in Beirut’ of killing of Irish peace keeper in 2022

Defendants “have been convicted” in Beirut of the killing of an Irish peacekeeper in 2022, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has said. Sean Rooney, 24, from Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, was killed when a convoy of Irish troops ...

28 Jul 2025 at 22:03

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