Ireland's deputy premier has made a visit to Camp Shamrock in south Lebanon where Irish soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping mission are based.He met personnel and received a briefing from commanders at the facility just eight kilometres from the Blue Line (the demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights) before thanking the troops on the ground for their work during a visit at a time of heightened tensions with Israel.

Ireland's deputy premier has made a visit to Camp Shamrock in south Lebanon where Irish soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping mission are based.He met personnel and received a briefing from commanders at the facility just eight kilometres from the Blue Line (the demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights) before thanking the troops on the ground for their work during a visit at a time of heightened tensions with Israel.