Month: December 2022

It’s like something out of WW 2 and the activities of the Abwehr or more recently the tellingly sited Russian Embassy on ‘Orwell Road’ in Dublin, However it’s neither; recent allegations about spying allege the United Kingdom has had a spy at the

Stuart Christie who died two years ago is arguably one of the most significant political Scots anarchists and activists of the twentieth century. I got to know Christie around 1980 when he was running Cienfuegos Press, an anarchist literature source from the unlikely

Lebanese news paper L’Orient-Le Jour says a suspect in the killing of Pte Seán Rooney of the Irish contingent of UNIFIL has been handed over to authorities, a number of investigations have been underway. “Hezbollah reportedly handed over to security forces a suspected

An Irish peacekeeper critically injured in the incident in Lebanon on which Private Seán Rooney was killed has been flown back to Ireland on a specially equipped ambulance aircraft. The Irish Defence Forces confirmed the aircraft carrying Trooper Shane Kearney landed at Casement

“The body of Irish UN peacekeeper Seán Rooney has arrived at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel after travelling from Beirut International Airport overnight on an Air Corps aircraft. Private Rooney, 24, was shot and killed last week when the armoured vehicle he was travelling

An Irish Miltary Police investigation team arrives in Lebanon today (Saturday) one of a number of investigations into the incident in which Private Seán Rooney who was serving wth the Irish (UNIFIL) contingent was killed. Lebanese authorities say those responsible will be punished

An Irish soldier serving in a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has been killed and three others injured after their convoy was attacked. Private Sean Rooney, 23, from Co Donegal, died after two armoured vehicles carrying members of 121st Infantry Battalion came under