UN ‘must co-operate’ with Private Seán Rooney inquest, lawyer says

The United Nations (UN) must make its reports into the death of Private Seán Rooney available to his inquest, a solicitor representing his family has said.

The 24-year-old, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed while serving in Lebanon when his UN peacekeeping convoy was attacked in 2022.

The shooting near the town of Al-Aqbiya in the south of Lebanon, a stronghold of Hizbullah, resulted in the death of Pte Rooney while Trooper Shane Kearney (22) was badly wounded.

Trooper Kearney, from Killeagh, Co Cork, was medically evacuated from Lebanon to Ireland for treatment for a serious head wound.

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin have expressed concern about “slow progress” in Lebanese court proceedings into the matter.

One of the suspects who was arrested over the killing was released on bail last year due to a medical condition, while Mr Harris expressed frustration that other suspects remain at large.

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