THE Medical Council acted unfairly and unlawfully in finding that two consultant obstetricians were guilty of professional misconduct over reports exonerating the obstetric practice of Dr Micheal Neary at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, the High Court was told yesterday.

SERIOUS questions are raised by the appointment of a doctor found guilty of professional misconduct to head up the country’s first National Clinical Skills Centre.

The joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has called for the introduction of a new vaccine programme to ensure that girls between the ages of 11 and 12 are protected against cervical cancer before they become sexually active.

TWO hospital consultants found guilty of professional misconduct by the Medical Council for exonerating disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary can challenge its findings, the High Court decided yesterday.

A LEGAL challenge by two doctors found guilty of professional misconduct will be met head-on by the Medical Council.

The Medical Council is vowing to vigorously defend itself in High Court proceedings being brought by two of the obstetricians recently censured over the Dr Michael Neary scandal.

TWO hospital consultants found guilty of professional misconduct are to seek a judicial review in the High Court of the Medical Council’s findings against them.

THE president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) has resigned following a recent Medical Council finding of professional misconduct.

A DOCTOR found guilty of professional misconduct will continue in his role as president of a world- renowned medical society.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has set a deadline of St Patrick’s Day for the establishment of a redress scheme to compensate women damaged by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary.

WOMEN who had their wombs removed unnecessarily at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over a 30-year period, will next month begin the process of receiving compensation.

REGULAR cervical cancer screening could save the lives of 75 Irish women yearly, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.