'The ghost of Michael Shine hangs over my home town': TDs make statements on paedophile surgeon - The Journal

'The ghost of Michael Shine hangs over my home town': TDs make statements on paedophile surgeon – The Journal

May 7, 2026

‘The ghost of Michael Shine hangs over my home town’: TDs make statements on paedophile surgeon The JournalScoping exercise into Michael Shine, Europe’s ‘most prolific paedophile’, to take place The Irish TimesMinister pays tribute to men who spoke of abuse by Shine RTE.ieTwo TDs claim former Louth surgeon Michael Shine was ‘one of the most prolific sex offenders in Europe’ The Irish Independent