Air Corps officer dismissed over comments to superior

AN Air Corps officer who pulled a wounded colleague to safety following a shooting was yesterday dismissed from the Defence Forces after a court martial found him guilty of calling a superior officer a “little prick”.

Father-of-two Commandant Niall Donohue, who is attached to the No 5 Support Wing of the Air Corps based at Baldonnel, was last week found guilty of calling his superior officer, Lieutenant Colonel Gerald O’Sullivan, “a little prick” on January 30 of last year.

The remark resulted in charges being brought before a general court martial, the first since 2002. And yesterday Judge Col Tony McCourt said Comdt Donohue was lucky not to receive a one-year jail term for what he called a “disloyal” and “calculated” attack.