A soldier who has sued the State after he was given the anti malarial drug Lariam while serving overseas has told the High Court he did not tell of his problems on his return home because it would be the end of his life in the Army.

A Cork soldier who has sued the State after he was given the anti-malarial drug Lariam while on tour of duty in Chad has told the High Court he could not remember if he was issued with mosquito repellent, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

A Cork soldier who was given the anti-malarial drug Lariam for an overseas tour of duty in Chad has sued the State in the High Court.