By Emma Hickey - The Journal - 06.05.2026 - [Michael Shine] - [IRELAND] THE FIRST DÁIL debate following the launching of a scoping exercise into the abuse perpetrated by paedophile surgeon Michael Shine heard of the impact of his abuse on survivors. Over 400 men have come forward as victims of Shine, with the abuse thought to have spread across four decades. The extensive sexual abuse is alleged to have occurred between the 1960s and 1990s while Shine was working as a surgeo

Minister for Health makes a statement on the "Scoping Exercise"

A 51-year-old Romanian man who sexually assaulted three women at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.

A male doctor who was alleged to have sexually assaulted a female patient during a medical examination in Co Waterford has been found not guilty.

Researchers from the University of Calgary say they've found key gaps in the way allegations and findings of sexual assault and misconduct against physicians are tracked and reported in Canada — and they argue that’s putting patients at risk.

There are new developments in a massive sexual assault investigation involving an Army doctor.

Two victims of Bill Kenneally have called on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan to swiftly publish a Commission of Investigation report into the convicted paedophile.

So far, 400 victims have gone public, but there is now hope many more will come forward as a new scoping inquiry into the horrific scandal, led by senior counsel Lorcan Staines, gets underway.

Weak legal regulation of paramedics is being blamed for a "horrifying” situation where criminals, including at least eight known convicted sex offenders, are free to work as paramedics.

A University Hospital Limerick doctor, who was convicted of raping a nurse after a night out, “should have been suspended from clinical practice when we became aware of the assault”, admitted HSE Mid West this week.

Columbia released a report Tuesday outlining the findings of an independent investigation it commissioned nearly two and a half years ago into the “institutional failures” that enabled convicted sex-offender and former OB-GYN Robert Hadden to sexually assault more than 500 patients.

A GP has admitted to poor professional performance over his physical examination of an army officer during which he inappropriately exposed one of her breasts without the patient’s consent.

A nurse who was raped by a doctor in Limerick faced her abuser in court today and told him: “I got justice.” Louay Kila (31) who worked as a registrar doctor at the University Hospital Limerick (UHL) at the time, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, Limerick on Thursday, of the rape and sexual assault of the victim on March 2, 2024.

A full scale public inquiry into the sex abuse by disgraced doctor, Michael Shine, has moved a step closer. The Government has appointed a facilitator to begin a 16-week scoping investigation. He is Senior Counsel Lorcan Staines and he is scheduled to begin his work this Tuesday.

Dignity4Patients thanks Sinn Féin for their support this week as the commencement of a Scoping Exercise is warmly welcomed by victims and survivors, many of whom have campaigned with immense courage to have their voices heard.

Dignity4Patients thanks Sinn Féin for their support this week as the commencement of a Scoping Exercise is warmly welcomed by victims and survivors, many of whom have campaigned with immense courage to have their voices heard.

A collection of some of the speeches made by Deputy's in the Dáil on the 4th of March 2026 following the announcement of Lorcan Staines SC as Independent Facilitator for the Scoping Exercise sought after on behalf of victims and survivors of Michael Shine.

Dignity4Patients warmly welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, of the appointment of Snr Counsel Lorcan Staines as Independent Facilitator for the Scoping Exercise sought on behalf of the victims and survivors of Michael Shine.

A Medical Council fitness to practise committee has made no findings of fact or misconduct regarding allegations that an anaesthetist inappropriately touched, in the genital area, four patients under sedation at Naas General Hospital in 2016 and 2017.