Soldier died after falling from bathroom window of barracks

A soldier tragically fell to his death from a bathroom window at McKee Barracks after returning from a night out, an inquest heard.

Gardaí believe that Private Patrick Conlon, aged 32, from Coolaney, Co Sligo, may have been attempting to get into a first-floor bedroom by climbing from one window to another when he fell 30ft in the early hours of July 25 last year.

Pte Conlon was based at Finner Camp in Donegal and Dublin Coroner’s Court heard he had travelled to McKee Barracks in Dublin for a two-day fitness test. On the afternoon of the first day, he and his room-mates went into the city where they had dinner and visited a number of pubs.