Defence Forces withdraws decision to discharge army corporal after he sought judicial review

Matter was formally resolved at a hearing in the High Court on Tuesday

Military chiefs have also agreed to withdraw an army medical board ruling that Corporal Owen McLaughlin, a veteran who has served in Liberia, Kosovo, and Lebanon, was unfit to serve. File picture

The Defence Forces has withdrawn a decision to discharge an army corporal after he sought a judicial review.

Military chiefs have also agreed to withdraw an army medical board ruling that Corporal Owen McLaughlin, a veteran who has served in Liberia, Kosovo, and Lebanon, was unfit to serve.