Body of Irish UN peacekeeper leaves Beirut for Ireland
STORY: Body of Irish UN peacekeeper leaves Beirut for Ireland
DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022
LENGTH: 00:02:27
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of UNIFIL members and Lebanese security officials attending the event
2. shot of a UNIFIL peacekeeper saluting his late comrade
3. shot of the Irish Battalion standing facing the coffin
4. Ireland's Ambassador to Egypt Nuala O'Brien carrying a wreath to place it on the coffin
5. Lebanese security forces carrying two wreaths
6. various of the ceremony
7. shot of the plane carrying the coffin
STORYLINE:
The body of the Irish UN peacekeeper who was killed last Wednesday left Lebanon's Beirut on Sunday on a military plane for his homeland.
A UN ceremony was held at the Beirut airport to honor Sean Rooney before his body left for his home in Ireland.
His colleagues, members of the Irish Battalion, attended the ceremony with Ireland's Ambassador to Egypt Nuala O'Brien laying a wreath for Rooney.
The 24-year-old was killed in an attack on Wednesday whil
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