Report into deaths of Irish soldiers points to 'systemic failures'

There was a systemic failure to respond to the threats facing peacekeeping personnel, a new report into the deaths of three Irish soldiers in Lebanon has stated.

There was a systemic failure to respond to the threats facing peacekeeping personnel, a new report into the deaths of three Irish soldiers in Lebanon has stated.

Corporal Fintan Heneghan from Mayo and Privates Mannix Armstrong and Thomas Walsh, both from Sligo, died in a roadside bombing in March 1989.

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