Cork soldier critical after weapons exercise

THE parents and fiancee of a 29-year-old army officer are continuing a vigil at his bedside after he was critically injured by an explosion on a night-training exercise.

Lieutenant Kenneth Sheehan was supervising the firing of an anti-tank, bazooka-type weapon at a military range in north Cork when he sustained serious injuries to his face, chest and right arm.

The junior officer, who is from Cork city, was supervising a routine training course when the accident happened.