'Annoyance and anger' at slow justice in killing of Seán Rooney, Taoiseach tells Lebanese counterpart

Undated handout file photo issued by Defence Forces of Private Sean Rooney of Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, the Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon in 2022. The 23-year-old, who was serving with a UN peacekeeping mission, died when his convoy came under attack.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam of the Irish Government’s “annoyance and anger” at Lebanon’s handling of the case of the late Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney, who was killed three years ago this month.

Mr Martin met with Mr Salam on Saturday morning, ahead of the Taoiseach’s visit to Irish peacekeeping troops at Camp Shamrock in South Lebanon.