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What does Christmas look like for the Irish peacekeepers?

Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon spent long periods of 2024 confined to bunkers as local tensions fl...

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13.00 22 Dec 2025


What does Christmas look like for the Irish peacekeepers?


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Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon spent long periods of 2024 confined to bunkers as local tensions flared up, particularly between Hezbollah and the IDF.  Has the situation calmed down since then? What are the circumstances on the ground heading into Christmas?   

Newstalk's Tom Douglas has travelled to Camp Shamrock to get a feel for the current state of affairs...


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