Family of Seán Rooney frustrated by failure of UN to provide assistance

Irish soldier Private Sean Rooney was killed when the UN jeep he and three other colleagues were in was fired on late at night on December 14, 2022, on its way to Beirut. Picture: Óglaigh na hÉireann

The family of Private Seán Rooney are concerned and frustrated that the UN has so far failed to respond to a request from a coroner for assistance in examining the circumstances of his death in Lebanon two years ago, an inquest has heard.

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.