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Private Rooney, 24, from Co Donegal, was killed while serving in Lebanon when his UN peacekeeping convoy was attacked on 14 ...
PROSECUTORS in Lebanon have appealed the sentences handed down over the murder of hero soldier Sean Rooney. Simon Harris ...
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Appeal over leniency of sentences in Rooney killing

A formal appeal over the leniency of the sentences of those indicted for the murder of Private Sean Rooney has been lodged, ...
The appeals include the sentences handed down for the attempted killing of Trooper Shane Kearney, Corporal Joshua Phelan and ...
Five men were also handed down smaller sentences or fines over the December 2022 killing of the Donegal soldier. Now Lebanon ...
It is ‘unsatisfactory’ that the key man convicted for the killing of Irish peacekeeper Seán Rooney in 2022 is still at large, the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin was speaking after the man was ...
Natasha Rooney said she wanted to express her family’s "extreme disappointment and heartbreak" at recent court proceedings in ...
Harris was asked for his reaction to comments Private Rooney’s mother Natasha made yesterday, in which she said the Tánaiste ...
"It would perhaps be wise for the Tánaiste to speak to me, before seeking to speak for me, in his public statements," Private ...
Pte Seán Rooney was in an armoured UN vehicle which came under fire while travelling to Beirut on 14 December 2022.
Irish peacekeeper Private Sean Rooney was killed while on UN duty in Beirut when the armoured vehicle he was driving came ...
Prosecutors in Lebanon have formally lodged an appeal against the sentences handed down to those indicted for the murder of Private Seán Rooney. Tánaiste Simon Harris, who wrote to the Lebanese ...