The Latest Breaking News from Sean Rooney

Tanaiste Micheal Martin visited Lebanon where Private Sean Rooney was killed in a shooting incident in December.

Sean Rooney was killed in an ambush in Lebanon on December 14

Shane Kearney was injured in the same shooting incident that resulted in the death of Private Sean Rooney

Reports in several Lebanese media outlets said the men were all charged with taking part in the attack – and that they included the alleged gunman

Investigators have consistently suspected that Hezbollah fighters were involved in the ambush that left Private Rooney dead and his colleague Trooper Shane Kearney seriously injured – but this is the first confirmation that members of the organisation were present

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"I hope that can be done"

Private Sean Rooney died trying to drive his colleagues away from an armed group that surrounded and attacked their armoured car

A Hezbollah spokesperson says the detained suspect is a supporter of the group but not a member.

The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the Hezbollah party, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said. The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed party, but not a member of the…