Ireland Named in reporting
Michael Shine
Born between June 1932 and June 1933, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 2 cases, 22 Jun 2026 to 1 Jul 2026
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between June 1932 and June 1933, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Sexual assault
- Where
- Co. Dublin, Co. Louth
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 22 Jun 2026 to 1 Jul 2026
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, dundalkdemocrat.ie, irishtimes.com
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Cases
latest first- Judge refuses to release transcripts in Dublin sexual assault trials Sexual assault · Co. Dublin
Michael Shine, a 93-year-old man from Ballsbridge, Dublin, worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, from 1964 to 1995. He was convicted after three criminal trials of sexually assaulting young boys, including Pat Cusack, an 11-year-old patient in 1974. He was first charged in 1996, acquitted in 2003, then convicted in 2017 and 2019 and sentenced to four years in prison. In June 2026, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court judge refused to release trial transcripts to an independent scoping exercise into how the case was handled.
Sentenced, 1 Jul 2026Convicted · 2 reports - Court refuses release of transcripts in Michael Shine case Sexual assault · Co. Louth
Michael Shine worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, from 1964 until 1995 and was convicted after three criminal trials of sexually assaulting young boys in the course of his work. In March 1995 the hospital's chief executive was told of a complaint of abuse, Shine took leave while it was addressed, and he retired later that year. He was first charged in 1996, the case came to trial in 2003 after delays from legal challenges by his lawyers, and he was acquitted in the first of those trials that year, before later being convicted in 2017 and 2019 of assaulting nine complainants and receiving a number of custodial sentences. In a ruling reported on 23 June 2026, Judge Patricia Ryan refused Lorcan Staines's application for release of the trial transcripts, though she released the indictments on a limited basis, and said he could apply again if the 33 alleged injured parties had been notified. Staines said his report on the Government-approved scoping exercise is due next Wednesday.
No stage yetConvicted · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Michael Shine, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 1 Jul2026Saoirse McGarrigle: The day I confronted paedophile Michael Shineconvicted, Michael Shine, male, named, irish (judged from name)Michael Shine
- 23 Jun2026Court refuses to release trial transcripts of notorious sex offender Michael Shineconvicted, Michael Shine, 93, male, named, irish (judged from name)Michael Shine
- 22 Jun2026Court refuses to release transcripts from trials of sex offender Michael Shineconvicted, Michael Shine, 93, male, named, irish (judged from name)Michael Shine
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