A psychiatrist who engaged in a sexual relationship with a female patient has been struck off the medical register by the president of the High Court.

A surgeon’s “slip of the pen” should not have been the basis for him being subjected to the “extremely threatening ordeal” of a public inquiry by the Medical Council, the Supreme Court has said.

The High Court will rule later this month on a consultant gynaecologist's appeal against a one-year suspenion imposed by the Medical Council over treatment she provided to a number of her patients, including a woman who later died.

AN Irish-born doctor, wanted in the United States for fleeing the state of Florida in 2001 before his trial on child sex offences started, has been remanded on continuing bail by the High Court.