Cork's Trooper Shane Kearney 'no longer critical' following Lebanon attack 

The 22-year-old is no longer critical and his condition is now described as stable.

Tpr Kearney was flown back to Ireland on December 21 and taken to Beaumont Hospital to continue receiving medical treatment.  Picture: Defence Forces/PA Wire

UN peacekeeper Trooper Shane Kearney is responding well to treatment following an attack on Irish soldiers in Lebanon last month. 

Tpr Kearney from Killeagh in East Cork, was seriously injured after he and his comrades — members of 121st Infantry Battalion United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) — were attacked last month.