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Mayor expresses condolence to family and friends of Private Sean Rooney

Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy has sent her condolences to the family and friends of Private Sean Rooney who has tragically lost his life on a UN peace keeping mission in Lebanon. The 23 year old from ...

16 Dec 2022 at 16:33

National News

Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon attack named

The Irish soldier killed while serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon has been named. Private Sean Rooney, 23, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, died when his convoy came under attack. Another soldier injured in the incident is in a serious ...

15 Dec 2022 at 14:33

Ireland

Irish soldier serving as UN peacekeeper in Lebanon dies in ‘serious incident’

An Irish soldier serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon has died following a “serious incident”, Irish Defence Minister Simon Coveney has said. In a statement released just before 6am on Thursday, Mr Coveney said another soldier had suffered ...

15 Dec 2022 at 08:29

Ireland

Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon attack named

15 Dec 2022 at 12:28

Irish soldier serving as UN peacekeeper in Lebanon killed in convoy attack

National News

Irish soldier serving as UN peacekeeper in Lebanon dies in ‘serious incident’

An Irish soldier serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon has been killed when his convoy came under attack. Another soldier injured in the incident is in a serious condition in hospital having undergone surgery. Two other peacekeepers ...

15 Dec 2022 at 12:33

World

UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside Cyprus’ buffer zone attacked

Angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would encroach on a UN-controlled buffer zone in ethnically divided Cyprus, the UN said on Friday. It said ...

18 Aug 2023 at 22:03

Kilkenny City

Tánaiste Micheal Martin is visiting Kilkenny this lunchtime

An Tánaiste, Micheal Martin, has arrived in Kilkenny this lunchtime for a ministerial review of soldiers in the 123rd Battalion who are set to depart for the Lebanon in the coming weeks as part of the ongoing peacekeeping mission ...

31 Oct 2023 at 13:33

Kildare Live

Kildare tributes to soldier Seán Rooney (24) killed in Lebanon

Local tributes have been paid to an Irish United Nations (UN) Peacekeeper who was killed in Lebanon last week. Private Seán Rooney (24) was shot and killed when the armoured vehicle he was travelling in was attacked in a village ...

20 Dec 2022 at 12:33

Kildare Now

Kildare tributes to soldier Seán Rooney (24) killed in Lebanon

20 Dec 2022 at 12:33

World

Thai kibbutz worker killed in missile strike on Israel from Lebanon

An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon killed a young man from Thailand in the north of Israel early on Friday. The man died a day after Israeli strikes in Lebanon left dozens of people dead in Beirut and wounded two ...

11 Oct 2024 at 11:13

Separate Israeli strikes kill two Lebanese soldiers and injure UN peacekeepers

World

UN peacekeepers injured after explosions at their base in southern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three other troops on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, an incident that entangles the country’s official army in the escalating conflict between Israel ...

11 Oct 2024 at 20:18

World

Austrian peacekeepers injured in missile strike at camp in Lebanon

Eight Austrian soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon were lightly injured in a missile strike at the Naqoura camp on Tuesday, Austrian authorities said. Defence ministry spokesman Michael Bauer ...

29 Oct 2024 at 14:58

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