The family of Mr John Carthy, who was shot dead by members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit last April after a siege at his home in Co Longford, called again last night for a public inquiry into his death.
Their call came after the inquest into his death found he had been shot by gardai at Toneymore, Abbeylara, on April 20th, 2000.
Mr Peter Mullen, solicitor for the Carthy family, said the inquest could determine only where, when and how Mr Carthy died. Why he died was a question that still remained to be answered, he said.
"It is our view that some of the evidence over the last number of days has perhaps raised certain questions that haven't been answered and it is our view that a proper public inquiry would."
If there was to be no public inquiry, the family wished for a further investigation of some of the facts surrounding Mr Carthy's death, he said.
The Carthys' legal team had requested that four riders be added to the verdict - including one that ERU members be provided with non-fatal weapons for sieges - but the jury chose not to attach them to the verdict.
The Assistant Garda Commissioner, Mr Tony Hickey, who called in the ERU at an early stage of the siege, said the aftermath of the inquest was "perhaps a time for reflection for everyone concerned".
He said it had been a difficult week for everybody in "this tragic case", especially for the family of Mr Carthy. He refused to speak about the findings of an internal Garda inquiry into the shooting, due to be published shortly.