Fiancée leads tributes to Irish peacekeeper who was due to wed next year
“He was one of the good ones, as they say. He taught me so much about myself and about unconditional love. He really showed me what unconditional love is like.”
“I’m absolutely heartbroken and it hasn’t sunk in yet that he’s gone, but I at least know that he died doing what he loved and serving his country”.Private Seán Rooney was killed on Wednesday in south Lebanon: he had been in the army for four years. Photograph: Defence Forces It and another armoured SUV became separated while travelling on an “administrative run” from the Irish Unifil base to Beirut. The convoy was bringing two soldiers to the airport so they could return to Ireland on compassionate leave due to bereavements.
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