An Air Corps officer has been dismissed from the Defence Forces for using abusive language to his superior officer.
Commandant Niall Donoghue, who was attached to the number 5 air support wing in Baldonnel, was found guilty of the offence by a board of officers at a court martial in Dublin on Friday.
Imposing sentence this afternoon, military judge Colonel Anthony McCourt said Comdt Donoghue was fortunate not to get a custodial sentence.
The court martial was told last week that Comdt Donoghue had called Lieutenant Colonel Gerry O'Sullivan 'a little prick' after he had been given a negative appraisal of his performance at Baldonnel in January last year.
Comdt Donoghue, who is married with two young children, had pleaded not guilty and claimed his comments had been misheard.
