Family of Seán Rooney, Irish soldier killed in Lebanon, seek expert witnesses at inquest

Private Seán Rooney, 24, from Donegal, was killed while driving an armoured Jeep on UNIFIL peacekeeping duties in Lebanon in December 2022

Private Seán Rooney: Soldier was killed in Lebanon in December 2022. File picture

Lawyers for the family of an Irish soldier killed in Lebanon almost four years ago are seeking to have an independent pathologist and ballistic experts called as witnesses at a forthcoming inquest into his death.

A preliminary hearing into the death of Private Seán Rooney at Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Wednesday heard legal representatives of his mother, Natasha McCloskey, are asking for a number of expert witnesses to be added to a list of individuals due to be called to give evidence.