Micheál Martin joined by Defence Forces chief of staff in honouring Pte Rooney, who was killed in an attack in December
After the ceremony, Fr Shanahan said Pte Rooney’s death has had a huge impact on the troops. “Some of them are as young as 19 years of age, and to suffer the loss of one of your peers under these circumstances and to be so far away brings its own vulnerability.”
Lt Col Damien Murphy, the officer commanding the Irish-Polish battalion, said that “as commander it has been my responsibility to ensure that all the troops that are under my command are receiving all the necessary supports, such as medical support, personnel support services, and chaplaincy services”.
“The Kataeb Party categorically rejects any kind of attack on the peacekeeping forces in the south or in any other region of Lebanon.” In response to a question from The Irish Times on the security situation facing Irish peacekeepers in South Lebanon, Mr Martin said: “There’s a political vacuum at the moment, in the absence of the establishment of a permanent government, and all of this makes the work of Unifil more difficult than five years ago.”
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