Victims file over 20 new damages claims against convicted paedophile Michael Shine

After his sentencing in 2017, the former surgeon was accused by hundreds more former patients who alleged that he had groped them during medical examinations at the Lourdes hospital and at Shine’s private clinic between 1964 and his retirement in 1995

Michael Shine, one of the country’s most prolific paedophiles accused of abusing hundreds of boys, was convicted criminally twice for assaults perpetrated on seven teenagers with that offending having occurred on dates between 1971 and 1992. File photo: Collins Courts

Convicted paedophile Michael Shine is facing more than 20 new damages suits from victims in the High Court after a series of cases were lodged in recent days.

The former surgeon has been named as defendant in a series of cases, with six actions filed with the court on Monday by south Dublin legal practice Pearse Mehigan and Partners.