Body of Pte Seán Rooney begins journey home
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force carry the coffin of Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a UN patrol, during a repatriation ceremony at Beirut international airport. Picture: ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
The body of a soldier who was killed in an ambush by a “hostile mob” while on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon is being flown home this evening.
Private Seán Rooney's remains are being brought home by the Irish Air Corps CASA aircraft which departed Beirut at 4pm local time (2pm Irish time).
