Air Corps officer seeks to halt court martial

An Air Corps officer has launched several High Court challenges aimed at preventing his court martial from going ahead.

The actions have been brought by Commandant Nile (Niall) Donohoe, aged 52, who is due to be tried before a military court at McKee Barracks, Dublin, on Tuesday.

He is facing five charges of breaching military discipline and insubordination alleged to have occurred on dates between 2007 and 2008. He denies all the charges and has brought three separate judicial review actions aimed at stopping his court martial from proceeding. He also wants the charges pending before the court martial and any other charges pending against him dismissed.