THE 129 women who had their wombs unnecessarily removed by Drogheda gynaecologist Michael Neary are to share €30 million in compensation, it was confirmed last night.

A campaign group representing women who had their wombs removed unnecessarily by Dr Michael Neary tonight said awards of up to 380,000 euro would be an acknowledgement of their suffering.

MORE than 120 women who had their wombs unnecessarily removed by Drogheda gynaecologist Dr Michael Neary are expected to get up to €30 million in compensation under a redress scheme.

AN OVERHAUL of the way acute hospital care is delivered in the north east to improve patient safety is to be replicated nationally.

The judge who chaired the inquiry into the actions of Dr Michael Neary has reportedly launched a scathing attack on the Health Service Executive.

THERE could be a repeat of the Lourdes Hospital scandal if efforts by medical staff to improve education and training are not followed through by the Health Service Executive (HSE), the judge who headed the inquiry warned yesterday.

A government-commissioned report into the activities of disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary is due to be officially published today.

While the philosophy expounded by a senior judge that offenders should pay victims of rape and other crimes compensation would be generally endorsed, it is a concept basically defective in regard to rape.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily were reassured by Health Minister Micheál Martin that the State’s inquiry would get the support it needed to expose the scandal.