Ballykinler barracks deaths inquiry exposes series of army blunders

June 2015

An inquiry into the suspected suicides of two Afghanistan veterans and eight further incidents of self-harm at Ballykinler army camp in Co Down has exposed a series of blunders. Officers at the barracks were warned that at least one of the soldiers who died was suffering from the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) four months before he was...