Saoirse McGarrigle

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Saoirse McGarrigle |Patricia Devlin

THE TAOISEACH HAS described the accounts of victims of paedophile Michael Shine as being “truly harrowing and enormous in scale”. Yesterday, Micheal Martin met victims of the now disgraced doctor and representatives of the advocacy organisation Dignity4Patients to discuss calls for a Commission of Investigation this afternoon.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Saoirse McGarrigle

STORMS BATTERING THE central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National Weather Service warning on Saturday of “severe” flash flooding in the coming days. A line of major storms stretching from Arkansas to Ohio has damaged buildings, flooded roadways and produced dozens of tornadoes in recent days. Tennessee was hardest hit by extreme weather, with state authorities saying yesterday that 10 people had died across the western part of the state.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Saoirse McGarrigle

Michael Shine at the Central Criminal Courts in Dublin in 2017. Sam Boal Sam BoalONE OF PAEDOPHILE surgeon Michael Shine’s earliest victims has revealed for the first time how he was abused over 60 years ago. Tom Ayres, 75, is speaking publicly about being sexually assaulted by the then highly respected consultant just months after he started his position at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 1964.

3 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Saoirse McGarrigle

TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN has confirmed that he will meet with victims of paedophile Michael Shine. The Taoiseach’s commitment follows a sustained campaign for a public inquiry by the men sexually abused by Shine. The Taoiseach told the Dail this afternoon that he would sit down with Shine’s victims and representatives of the advocacy organisation Dignity4Patients, but he stopped short of “making any commitments in advance of meeting with the group”.

1 month ago | thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |Eoghan Dalton |Saoirse McGarrigle

GOVERNMENT TARGETS FOR housing completions over the next two years will be missed by around 9,000, according to the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland. The BPFI is the main representative body for the banking and financial services sector. It has released its Housing Market Monitor for Q4 of 2024 in the same week as the Central Bank issued its first bulletin of 2025, which forecasts that the State’s housing target will be missed by 6,000.