'No stone will be left unturned' in fight to bring Pte Seán Rooney’s killer to justice

Irish Defence and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin (3rd R) poses for a picture as he visits the Irish UNIFIL battalion in Tibnin, southern Lebanon, on January 26, 2023. - Lebanon has charged seven people for participating in an attack against United Nations peacekeepers that killed one Irish soldier in mid-December, a judicial official told AFP. Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed and three others were injured on December 14 when their UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle was attacked near the village of Al-Aqbiya in the south of the Mediterranean country, a stronghold of the powerful Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP) (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin has vowed that “no stone will be left unturned” in the fight to bring Private Seán Rooney’s killer to justice.

Addressing the 24-year-old’s colleagues at their Unifil base in southern Lebanon, he said Pte Rooney's death last December was “a shocking reminder” of the risks taken by Irish peacekeepers.