Healthcare worker jailed for sex assault of patient

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.