Family of Private Seán Rooney (24), who was shot dead in Lebanon, ‘frustrated and concerned’ by lack of UN engagement

Coroner Myra Cullinane told a brief sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Friday that she had not received a reply to date to a request she had sent to the UN on August 6.

Pte Rooney (24) from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal was killed while driving an armoured jeep on UNIFIL peacekeeping duties in Lebanon on December 14, 2022.

The deceased, who was attached to the 27th Infantry Battalion at Aiken Barracks in Dundalk, Co Louth, suffered fatal gunshot wounds after his UN convoy was attacked by armed militia linked to Hezbollah.

Dr Cullinane told the hearing that she had gone through the proper channels of making her request for assistance from the UN through the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The coroner observed the issue came into sharp relief against a background of the increased awareness at the moment of soldiers being deployed with UNIFIL in Lebanon.

She said it was important to pursue what information could be acquired and put into the public domain about the circumstances…

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