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He was killed on active service when his convoy came under attack in Lebanon this week

The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers held a memorial at the Beirut airport on Sunday for an Irish soldier killed by a mob that opened fire last week at two vehicles belonging to the UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. The attack that killed 24-year-old Pvt.

Sean Rooney was murdered on Wednesday after his vehicle was ambushed by a violent mob in Lebanon.

Grieving Holly McConnellogue says brave Sean, who was gunned down in the Lebanon while on a UN peacekeeping mission, was doing a second stint in the war-torn Middle Eastern country so that he could save for their wedding day.

The United Nations' peacekeeping force in south Lebanon on Friday urged Beirut to ensure a "speedy" investigation into an Irish soldier's shooting death near the Israeli border. The peacekeeper's convoy came under fire late Wednesday near the village of Al-Aqbiya, the Irish military said, wounding three other members of the…

The vehicle is presumed to have got lost in the darkness and ended up in the small coastal town

The 22-year-old from Killeagh in east Cork was on his second tour of duty in the Lebanon

Aaron Fry laid a wreath for tragic Sean Rooney who was killed while on peacekeeping duty with the UN in Lebanon

The 23-year-old was shot in the head as he drove an armoured jeep away from the crowd of attackers