Private Seán Rooney's family will be reunited with his remains at Casement Aerodrome in Dublin this morning.
The 24 year-old's body is being repatriated home from Beirut to Ireland after a UN ceremony was held in his honour.
He's on board an Irish Air Corps CASA plane, after he was killed in an attack on UN Peacekeeping duty in Lebanon on Wednesday.
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Spiralling energy costs and the cost of living crisis mean that people have to turn to a charity for help.
That's according to Saint Vincent De Paul who say they have seen a 30% increase in people calling for their help in the last year.
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A status yellow rainfall warning is in place for parts of the south and west of the country.
Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Galway and Mayo will continued to see heavy rain this morning, with spot flooding possible.
The alert will stay in place until half 12 this afternoon.
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78% of Irish people say they are worried about the cost of living.
A new study of consumers in 24 countries has found the Irish are the second most concerned about inflation, just behind those in the UK.
