Mourners at the funeral of an Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon heard he is a "national hero".A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Sean Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed when his convoy came under attack last week.The 24-year-old's body was returned to his family after being repatriated from Lebanon on Monday.The coffin carrying Pte Rooney's body was carried into Holy Family Church in Dundalk for his funeral mass on Thursday morning by his family and memb

Mourners at the funeral of an Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon heard he is a "national hero".A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Sean Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed when his convoy came under attack last week.The 24-year-old's body was returned to his family after being repatriated from Lebanon on Monday.The coffin carrying Pte Rooney's body was carried into Holy Family Church in Dundalk for his funeral mass on Thursday morning by his family and members of the Defence Forces.