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Group of victims of Michael Shine call on other parties to make manifesto pledge on inquiry
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 16.10.2024 - [Michael Shine] - [Public Inquiry] Victims Of Paedophile former surgeon Michael Shine...
Oct 15, 2024
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...
Sep 30, 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
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
‘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
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
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 3, 2024
Cabinet agrees to set up statutory inquiry into sexual abuse in schools
By MÃcheál Lehane - RTE News - 03.09.2024 - [IRELAND] - [Public Inquiry] The Cabinet has agreed to establish a commission of...
Sep 2, 2024
Cabinet may approve publication of report into sexual abuse in schools
By Paul Cunningham - RTE News - 03/09/2024 - [IRELAND] - [Public Inquiry] A lengthy report into sexual abuse in boarding and day schools...
Sep 2, 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 24, 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 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 20, 2024
Radio Interview – Aired 20.08.2024
Radio interview with Morning Ireland outlining a victims personal experience of sexual abuse. As well as his journey to seek justice and...
Aug 19, 2024
Radio Interview – Aired 23.03.2025
RTE Radio 1 interview outlining a victim's personal experience of sexual abuse by Michael Shine and his journey for justice. He hopes...
Aug 19, 2024
60 years on from the first alleged Sexual Assaults by the disgraced doctor Michael Shine. A group of victims speak out for the first time.
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] A group calling for a public inquiry into one of Ireland’s most prolific...
Aug 18, 2024
Meeting sought with Justice Minister over call for public inquiry on Michael Shine #PublicInquiry
By Ruth O'Connell - LMFM News - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] Dignity4Patients is seeking a Commission of Investigation similar to the South...
Aug 18, 2024
'He was too revered': Victim believes Shine's crimes against children were overlooked
By Saoirse McGarrigle - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IRELAND] Ian Armstrong believes Michael Shine’s sexual crimes against young boys went...
Aug 18, 2024
Michael Shine was convicted for assaulting 9 boys. But that’s not the full story...
By Sinead O'Carroll - The Journal - 19/08/2024 - [IREALND] - [Michael Shine] Michael Shine is one of those names that you probably...
Aug 18, 2024
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