Main defendant charged with murder of private Seán Rooney sentenced to death
Private Seán Rooney, who was 24 and from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed while on UN duty when the armoured vehicle he was driving from south Lebanon to Beirut came under fire in December 2022.
The main defendant at the military tribunal in Beirut indicted for the murder of Irish Defence Forces private Seán Rooney has been sentenced to death, it is understood - however, he remains at large.
In a statement, Tánaiste and defence minister Simon Harris said that he noted the sentence handed down, along with those handed to a number of the other defendants who had previously not been in court.
