The family of Cork-born soldier Michael Maguire are considering further legal options after an inquest found he was unlawfully killed by a single machine gun bullet fired by a colleague during a training exercise.

An Irishman serving with the British Army was shot and killed by a single machine gun bullet to the head at a non-combat zone within an army training range, an inquest heard.

An Irish-born soldier who survived Afghanistan was accidentally shot dead during training when he was hit by machine gun fire from 1km away, an inquest in Cardiff has heard.

A West Cork community is mourning after a soldier who fought in Afghanistan was accidentally killed by a stray bullet during a training exercise in Wales.