Hearing date set for those accused of killing Private Sean Rooney

Private Sean Rooney of Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, 23, was serving with a UN peacekeeping mission.

The first hearing date for the criminal trial of those accused of killing Private Sean Rooney has been set for July 14 in Lebanon, Tánaiste Micheál Martin told the Dáil.

Private Rooney was killed in Lebanon in December last year.