Two new victims of paedophile doctor Michael Shine have been coming forward every week since the scoping exercise for the proposed Commission of Investigation into his sexual abuse was launched.

Statutory inquiry will be carried out into crimes of paedophile doctor By Eilish O'Regan - 17/07/2026 - Irish Independent - [Michael Shine] A man who was sexually abused as a teenager by surgeon Michael Shine hopes a statutory inquiry into how allegations against the doctor were pursued will uncover the truth. Ian Armstrong (62), a former chef from Drogheda, Co Louth, was commenting after it was confirmed that a full statutory inquiry into prolific sexual offender Shine, who