The funeral is taking place in County Louth for Irish UN peacekeeper Pte Seán Rooney who was killed in Lebanon last week
Pte Rooney, from Newtowncunningham in County Donegal was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital near Sidon.The funeral is taking place of an Irish soldier who was killed on a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
Pte Seán Rooney was in an armoured vehicle that came under fire while travelling to Beirut on 14 December.Irish President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Irish defence minister Micheál Martin are among the mourners. Members of the 27th Infantry Battalion, in which Pte Rooney served, formed a guard of honour as his coffin covered by both Irish and UN flags was carried into the church.Earlier, hundreds of people lined the streets as Pte Rooney's coffin was carried the short distance from his grandparents' home in Dundalk.
His body will be taken to All Saints Catholic Church in Colehill, County Donegal, for a burial service with full military honours later on Thursday.
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