Brave Trooper Shane out of hospital after ambush terror

Soldier injured after fatal attack in Lebanon back home to recover

- DANNY DE VAAL

AN Irish soldier who was seriously injured in the same ambush that killed Private Sean Rooney has been discharged from hospital.

UN Peacekeeper Shane Kearney had been receiving treatment at Beaumont Hospital since he was flown back from Lebanon to Ireland on a special medical aircraft on December 21.

Before that, he was cared for in a hospital in Sidon and his condition was described as critical.

The Defence Forces said the soldier, who was based at Collins Barracks in Cork City, will still require "medical treatment but confirmed doctors were happy for him to continue his recovery at home. A spokesman said: "Trooper Shane Kearney was discharged from Beaumont Hospital on Friday to continue his recovery at home.