Pte Seán Rooney to be buried with full military honours

Pte Rooney’s coffin was then marched to a nearby hangar, where he was reunited with members of his grieving family. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Seán Rooney has been returned to his grieving family after being repatriated from Lebanon.

A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed on active service when his convoy came under attack in Lebanon last week.