Officer breaks down as he tells Defence Forces Tribunal soldier's suicide 'still affects me to this day'

David Henry, a former acting company sergeant in the Army Apprentice School in Devoy Barracks, also told the tribunal that he asked 2LT.B to 'ease back' on his treatment of apprentices. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

David Henry, a former acting company sergeant in the Army Apprentice School in Devoy Barracks, also told the tribunal that he asked 2LT.B to 'ease back' on his treatment of apprentices. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

A non-commissioned officer broke down at the Defence Forces Tribunal as he recalled seeing the body of Oliver Mullaney after he died by suicide.

David Henry, a former acting company sergeant in the Army Apprentice School in Devoy Barracks, said what he saw affects him “to this day”.

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