"It is particularly poignant this year because it comes after the death of Private Sean Rooney in Lebanon, and it does remind us that this is not just about the past, it’s also about the present," said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
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The comments by Hezbollah’s chief spokesman Mohammed Afif came a day after Lebanon’s military tribunal charged five men with the killing of Pte Rooney in the south of Lebanon, a stronghold of the Iran-backed group