Trooper Shane Kearney due back in Ireland following Lebanon attack

Trooper Shane Kearney, from East Cork, will be taken by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital to continue receiving medical treatment

Trooper Shane Kearney who was injured in the Lebanon. Picture: Óglaigh na hÉireann

Injured Trooper Shane Kearney will be medically evaluated from Beirut Airport today and returned home to Ireland.

Tpr Kearney, 22, from Killeagh in East Cork, will be flown home today from Lebanon using a specially equipped, contracted medical aircraft. The flight is due to land at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co Dublin, this afternoon.