Family of Private Sean Rooney to receive previously undisclosed information about his death

Undated handout file photo issued by Defence Forces of Private Sean Rooney of Newtowncunningham in Co Donegal, the Irish peacekeeping soldier killed in Lebanon in 2022. Picture: Defence Forces/PA Wire

The family of Private Sean Rooney are set to receive information about his death that was previously undisclosed, the United Nations has confirmed.

The 24-year-old from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, was killed when a convoy of Irish troops serving with a UN peacekeeping force was ambushed and fired upon in Lebanon in December 2022.