Retired surgeon to stand trial on indecent assault charges

Retired consultant surgeon Dr Michael Shine is to stand trial accused of indecently assaulting 16 young males over three decades.

Dr Shine (aged 80), who has an address at Wellington Road, in Dublin 4, was charged today with 25 counts of indecent assault which allegedly occurred from the 1960s until the mid-80s, at Our Lady's Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth and at a clinic in the same county.