Evacuating Irish citizens from Lebanon would be a 'complex operation', department says 

Residents and paramedics rush to help children moments after a rocket attack hit a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan of Heights, on Saturday. Picture: Hassan Shams/AP

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said that an evacuation of Irish citizens in Lebanon would likely be “a complex and difficult operation”.

In a statement, it said officials have carried out “significant contingency planning” in the event that the security situation further deteriorates in the Middle Eastern country.