109 files on Shine sent to DPP

GARDAÍ investigating claims struck-off doctor Michael Shine sexually abused patients have sent 109 cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

109 files on Shine sent to DPP

The Irish Examiner has learned that in recent days officers in Drogheda have concluded their long-running inquiries and forwarded the files as part of the next step in a potential criminal case.

The claims centre around the actions of Mr Shine, 80, during his time as a consultant surgeon at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda between the late 1960s and 1995, when he also had a private practice at nearby Fair Street.

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