Probe into alleged sexual assaults by former surgeon

AN inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of patients by former Drogheda surgeon Michael Shine will be conducted, Health Minister James Reilly has said.

The support group for former patients, Dignity 4 Patients, said the news about the inquiry was a long time coming.

The group’s executive director, Bernadette Sullivan, said Dignity 4 Patients had been calling for an inquiry into the assaults for almost 17 years.