Families of Irish peacekeepers killed in Lebanon call for cold case review

Taoiseach Micheál Martin attended a memorial for 47 Irish Defence Forces soldiers who died serving in Lebanon. Picture: Neil Michael

Former Irish soldiers want the UN to open cold case investigations into past murders of peacekeepers.

The call comes as Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Lebanon to lay a wreath at a memorial for the 47 Irish soldiers who have died while serving in Lebanon since 1978.