2018-06-08 · Dublin
Soldier discharged after pointing loaded rifle at fellow private while "messing"
In a Court of Appeal hearing on 8 June 2018, Private Dean Kane, aged 24 and a year into service with the 27th Infantry Battalion, was discharged from the Defence Forces for pointing a cocked and loaded Steyr automatic rifle at a fellow private while joking in his barracks. Kane had previously pleaded guilty in a summary Court Martial to three…