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Radio Interview – Aired 01.10.2024
Dignity4Patients CEO Adrienne Reilly talks to LMFM regarding new revelations of sexual abuse by Michael Shine in a local orphanage in...
Oct 1, 2024


Fresh claims of abuse: men say Michael Shine abused children in Drogheda orphanage
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 30.09.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] There are fresh calls for an investigation into...
Sep 30, 2024


Taoiseach says officials are working on a 'paper' setting out options for Michael Shine victims
By Jane Matthews - The Journal - 27/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Public Inquiry] Taoiseach Simon Harris has pledged to engage with survivors of...
Sep 27, 2024


Attorney General being consulted on publishing 2009 Michael Shine review
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 19/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] The Attorney General has been consulted on the...
Sep 19, 2024


Michael Shine victims told files on new cases have been sent to Director of Public Prosecutions
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 19/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] Victims of Paedophile Michael Shine have been told that...
Sep 19, 2024


Dáil Éireann Questions – Aired 19.09.2024
Dignity4Patients welcome the support offered by Labour's Ivana Bacik & Ged Nash as well as Fine Gael's Fergus O'Dowd in championing the...
Sep 18, 2024


Greens and SF to consider survivors' calls for public inquiry
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 016/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] The Green Party and Sinn Féin today voiced support for...
Sep 16, 2024


Justice Minister expects fresh legal advice on Shine report
By Ruth O'Connell - LMFM - 13.09.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Public Inquiry] Only nine of the almost 350 men supported by Dignity4Patients have...
Sep 13, 2024


‘School was just fear, there was no learning or education’ – sexual abuse victim calls for full public inquiries
By John Manning - Drogheda Independent - 11.09.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Public Inquiry] “I remember just being scared; school was just fear,...
Sep 12, 2024


Labour promises Inquiry into actions of paedophile Michael Shine
Labour promises Inquiry into actions of paedophile Michael Shine
Sep 12, 2024


Michael Shine victims hold Dáil meeting as calls continue for public inquiry
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 11/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] Victims of Paedophile Michael Shine have taken their...
Sep 11, 2024


Stephen Donnelly seeks fresh legal advice on report into abuse by Michael Shine
By Philip Ryan - Irish Independent - 10.09.2024 [IRELAND - [Public Inquiry] Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has sought fresh legal...
Sep 10, 2024


Radio Interview – Aired 05.09.2024
A radio interview with the Minister for State Thomas Byrne who talks to Claire Byrne on RTE Radio 1 about the need to support victims of...
Sep 5, 2024


Man abused by Michael Shine also testified to scoping inquiry on abuse by Christian Brother
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 04/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] An Alleged Victims of Michael Shine has said that he will...
Sep 4, 2024


Sinn Fein calls for 2009 review into Michael Shine to be published
By Gráinne Nà Aodha - Breaking News - 22.08.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] Sinn Fein has called for the 2009 review into the actions...
Aug 26, 2024


Even now we are not believed. We have to use the word 'alleged' which I really hate.
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 25/08/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] An Alleged Victims of Michael Shine has said that he will...
Aug 25, 2024


Victim says he skipped necessary medical treatment because of fears over Michael Shine
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 22/08/2024 [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] A MAN WHO suffered massive burns during a bomb attack...
Aug 22, 2024


Victim of Michael Shine says he received abusive phone calls after he reported sexual assault
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal 21/08/2024 [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] A Victims of Michael Shine has revealed that he received...
Aug 21, 2024


Why was Michael Shine allowed abuse me even though other people knew?
By Kitty Holland - The Irish Times - 21/08/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Michael Shine] Gerard Murray (52) can still remember how Michael Shine’s...
Aug 21, 2024


Radio Interview – Aired 20.08.2024
Dignity4Patients clients Gerard Murray & Cianan Murray talks to LMFM about their experiences of sexual abuse as young boys at the hands...
Aug 20, 2024
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