An officer running a live fire army exercise where a soldier was killed while in a safe haven was recommended for “supervision” after struggling to pass his course.

A safety supervisor on a gun range where a Cork-born soldier died during a training exercise has refused to tell an inquest about events on the fateful day because of possible further legal proceedings.

A soldier was ordered to keep on his armour at a shooting range safe haven, before Irish ranger Michael ‘Mike’ Maguire was shot and killed, because of the danger of bullet ricochets.