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.

“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.”

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

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

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.

A Medical Council fitness to practise committee has made no findings of fact or misconduct regarding allegations that an anaesthetist inappropriately touched, in the genital area, four patients under sedation at Naas General Hospital in 2016 and 2017.

Detectives are encouraging anyone with information about sexual abuse during military medical examinations to come forward after receiving more than 500 reports.

According to documents from the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, 48-year-old Kevin Preece was booked Thursday shortly before 2:30 p.m. on the charges. Documents said the offense happened in September 2025.

The Medical Council of Malta said it has been informed of a case involving a 37-year-old doctor who was charged last week with downloading child sexual abuse content from the internet.

Drogheda Circuit Court has heard that a man who sexually assaulted three women in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital almost three years ago, was a patient there.

A child psy­chi­at­rist who raped and sexu­ally assaul­ted a 15-yearold girl at his HSE work­place is being sued by her fam­ily. Amirul Arif Bin Mohd Yunos, of Hollystown, Dub­lin 15, was sen­tenced in Decem­ber 2024 to eight-and-a-half years in prison on eight charges of sexu­ally abus­ing and groom­ing the teen­ager.

Khursheed Haider, 50, of Roseville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena M. Coggins to 9 years in prison for distribution of child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

Alaska State Troopers said in a bulletin Monday that Dr. Ryan McDonough died in a weekend fire at his home in Wasilla.

A former doctor facing a raft of sex charges against teenage boys has escaped jailtime, despite criticism from the Crown that his contrition was a case of “too little too late”. Today in the Wellington District Court, Jared Cook’s name suppression lapsed as he was sentenced after admitting multiple charges involving teenage boys.

A Lebanon doctor was sentenced on Thursday, after being convicted of sexually abusing minors for the second time, according to a release.