Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Pat Cusack

Born between July 1969 and July 1970, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 1 Jul 2026 to 1 Jul 2026

Victim: Pat Cusack, Irish man, 56 (judged from name)Pat Cusack

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between July 1969 and July 1970, from the ages reported
Offences
Sexual assault
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 1 Jul 2026 to 1 Jul 2026
Outlets
thejournal.ie

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 2026Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Pat Cusack, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 1 Jul2026
    Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Judge refuses to release transcripts in Dublin sexual assault trials
    Saoirse McGarrigle: The day I confronted paedophile Michael Shine
    victim, Pat Cusack, 56, male, irish (judged from name)Pat Cusack

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