A military tribunal in Lebanon has sentenced to death a man accused of killing Irish soldier Seán Rooney, according to Lebanese news reports.
A United Nations peacekeeping force was targeted in an attack on their UN vehicle in the village of at Al-Aqbiya, Lebanon, in December 2022.
Private Rooney and a number of his colleagues were injured in the attack. Pte Rooney later died. The men were part of a convoy travelling to
Beirut Airport.
A military tribunal in the Lebanese capital of Beirut sentenced the main defendant in the case, Mohammad Ayyad, to death, according to local
reports.
Political Correspondent at the Irish Sun, Adam Higgins, joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.
We were also joined by Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Ruairi Ó Murchú, who has questions in with Tánaiste Simon Harris on the final pq paper and also questions now about engagement with Lebanese authorities
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