Tribunal barrister accuses Defence Forces of 'cover up' 

A Defence Forces Tribunal barrister has accused the Defence Forces of a “cover up” in its handling of an investigation into mistreatment of a recruit by a senior officer.

Aedan McGovern, senior counsel, said the ​1991 investigation in​to the ​alleged mistreatment of Damien Traynor — which led to him suffering a nervous breakdown — was handled so badly that he could only conclude that “the entire thing was a cover up”.

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