Martin lays wreath for Seán Rooney and other deceased Defence Forces soldiers in Lebanon

Private Seán Rooney's name enshrined on the monument at the Tibnine Memorial in southern Lebanon. Picture: Neil Michael

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has this morning laid a wreath at a memorial for Irish Defence Forces soldiers who have died serving in Lebanon, among them Private Seán Rooney.

Pte Rooney (24), who was shot dead last December, was recently added to the monument, which is in the southern Lebanon town of Tibnine where Irish UN peacekeepers used to be based.