Private Seán Rooney's mother hits out at Tánaiste and Lebanon after sentencing tribunal

Private Rooney and a number of his colleagues were injured in the attack and he later died from his injuries.

The mother of Private Seán Rooney has hit out at Tánaiste Simon Harris, the Government, and the Lebanese justice system in the wake of a man being sentenced to death in Lebanon for his killing.

Pte Rooney, who was 24 and from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed while on United Nations peacekeeping duty when the armoured vehicle he was driving from south Lebanon to Beirut came under fire in December 2022. Several others were injured in the attack.