Ireland to extend peacekeeping mission in Lebanon for 12 months — Tánaiste

Irish troops use the optic of a Javelin Anti Tank weapon at Camp Shamrock near the border with Lebanon and Israel where Irish Defence Forces troops are serving with the Unifil peacekeeping mission amid escalating clashes between the IDF and Hezbollah. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The Tánaiste and minister for defence, Simon Harris, will today announce plans to extend Ireland’s role in the peacekeeping mission in Southern Lebanon by a further 12 months.

In his keynote speech to the PDFORRA Conference in Killarney, he will confirm that he intends to bring a memo to Cabinet to renew Ireland’s mandate to participate in the UNIFIL mission.