Up to 50 Irish citizens stranded in Lebanon

AROUND 50 Irish citizens were still stranded in crisis-hit Lebanon last night, as the Department of Foreign Affairs works out an evacuation plan.

A spokesperson for the department said a bus will collect them in the capital, Beirut. But there is difficulty in planning a convoy route out of the country as Israel drops bombs on roads and bridges and it is not thought they will leave until tomorrow at the earliest.

The department said 25 Irish people were in Beirut and a further 25 are in the south of the country which has seen more than 200 of its civilians killed since Israel started launching air strikes last week.