5 men in County Down, are to receive a combined total of more than £1.2 million in damages. The final settlements were reached in their High Court action over historic physical and serious sexual assaults inflicted by the late Fr Malachy Finegan.

The Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill confirmed she has received a paper from the Dignity4Patients, the group which represents the 384 victims and their families about what should happen next in their crusade for justice.

Adrienne Reilly, CEO of Dignity4Patients, on The Agenda to share the latest update on the campaign for a public inquiry into the abuse perpetrated by former surgeon Michael Shine.

TWENTY-FIVE MEN are taking fresh civil cases against paedophile surgeon Michael Shine and the religious order that ran the hospital where he once worked.

Disgraced West Linn Doctor David Farley has been charged by the State of Oregon with sexually abusing three unnamed victims.

The Oakland County doctor accused of sexually abusing and videotaping numerous patients without their consent over several years pleaded no contest to his charges. Dr. Oumair Aejaz is accused of sexual abuse and hiding cameras in the changing rooms of his patients. Victims were allegedly videotaped at several hospitals.

A district judge has refused to approve a police request to impose restrictions on a Cumbrian doctor who was twice investigated for alleged child sex offences.

urgent need for a consistent, international approach to medical regulation. A ban should mean a ban, across all borders internationally, and certainly there is no excuse for this lapse in regulatory enforcement in Europe

Congressmen question whether any misconduct was the result of “systemic failures.”

How can it happen that a doctor who has been sanctioned or even struck-off in one country can simply move to another and continue working? Shouldn’t the various medical registration bodies have robust recording and information sharing systems that would make that impossible. Most patients will assume that to be the case but a new global investigation has found serious flaws in the system.

A Dublin pensioner in his 90s is to stand trial accused of indecent and sexual assaults on three youths in the 1970s and 1990s.

Half of all sanctions issued against doctors in this State are kept hidden from the public, figures obtained by The Irish Times show. In some years, as few as 20 per cent of sanctions are made public.

A doctor under investigation in Norway for lacking basic medical knowledge, including how to perform injections, was able to obtain a licence in Ireland and retain it for more than two years before being suspended by Irish authorities.

Why sanctioned doctors still find refuge here (in Ireland)—and what to do about

A Liverpool doctor has been erased from the Medical Register after he was convicted of engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour.

How Banned Doctors Move Across Europe, Leaving Patients Vulnerable

Doctor Sentenced For Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Dr. Sudesh Banaji, 61, of Forrest City, was found guilty of six counts of Second-Degree Sexual Assault

Identification requirements to obtain a medical licence from the GMC were relaxed during the pandemic, but years later at least 341 physicians remain unverified

A doctor will face trial over allegations he sexually abused four patients - including a teenager. Six counts each of rape and sexual touching without consent after his arrest at a medical centre.