Cork's Trooper Shane Kearney discharged from hospital to continue recovery at home

Tpr Kearney was flown back to Ireland on December 21 and taken to Beaumont Hospital to continue receiving medical treatment.

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

UN peacekeeper Trooper Shane Kearney is being discharged from Beaumont Hospital where he had been recovering following an attack on Irish soldiers in Lebanon.

Tpr Kearney, from Killeagh in East Cork, was seriously injured after the convoy he and his comrades were in came under attack in December.