In the main the injuries were caused by the use of baton rounds. In 1997 a Cabinet sub-committee decided these would no longer be permitted.
In 1990 a private was struck across the back of the neck and his case settled for £25,000. During a riot control exercise in Casement Aerodrome a private and two apprentices who had volunteered for the roles of rioters and demonstrators sustained head injuries and their cases were settled for £7,500, £4,750 and £4,750. This would not indicate very serious injuries.
In Kilpedder Camp on 18 July 1995 a number of privates were required to gather in a confined space and while so confined rocks, including a canister of smoke, were thrown into the confined space. Three privates sustained injuries as a result of smoke inhalation. In November 1999, while involved in a riot drill exercise in O'Neill Barracks in Cavan, a private received a head injury and these cases have not come to court.