Clinical Psychologist Niamh Delmar looks at the impact of medical trauma and how it may be prevented. Medical-related experiences can lead to significant psychological distress among certain patients.

Dr Sattar Kadhem provided reports on Irish patients until 2024, despite Sweden and Norway revoking his licence in 2023 for misreading images

An Irish doctor who was jailed in the UK last week for sexually assaulting two patients worked in a centre for people with intellectual disabilities in north Dublin for 22 years.

Under new legal powers, the Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Council closed 34 complaint files out of 175 opened during a recent reporting period.

'There were hundreds of victims, and I am one of them'

A brother of Senator Alison Comyn was abused by paedophile monster Michael Shine. Renowned motoring correspondent Paddy Comyn told his story in the Journal.ie last week.

Twenty-four victims of paedophile doctor, Michael Shine, have died without ever getting justice.

“Although our processes and primary legislation have changed significantly in recent years, our focus is on learning from the findings and ensuring that the lessons identified are fully understood. We are committed to fully engaging with and supporting the Commission of Investigation.”

"A prolific sexual offender" - this is how a Court of Appeal judgment described Michael Shine in 2021. But the name of the former surgeon has been making headlines long before then, ever since allegations about his conduct first became public in the mid 1990s.

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Statutory inquiry to be carried out into convicted sexual offender Dr Michael Shine

VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS FINALLY FEEL ‘LISTENED TO’ AND ‘BELIEVED’. THEY NOW LOOK FORWARD TO A COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION BEING APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT

Shine was convicted of assaulting seven boys between 1971 and 1992 and served three years in prison A statutory commission of investigation should be carried out into convicted sex offender and former hospital consultant Michael Shine, an independent report has recommended.

Commission of investigation recommended into former hospital consultant Michael Shine

Michael Shine victims and survivors feel "listened to" after publication of independent Scoping Exercise

Healthcare assistant who undressed teenage girl treated for overdose convicted of sexual assault

Shine, who worked in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda from 1964 until 1995, was convicted after three criminal trials of sexually assaulting young boys in the course of his work.

State apology to be issued to victims of paedophile Bill Kenneally

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

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.