Pte Seán Rooney is the first Irish soldier to be killed on UN deployment in Lebanon for 20 years.
Seán Rooney's mother Natasha says he is a national hero and gave her a sense of purposeAt least one arrest has been made in Lebanon after an Irish soldier died while on a UN peacekeeping mission.
"The main shooter has been arrested by security forces after Hezbollah handed him over hours ago," the source said.
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