Shine, who worked in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda from 1964 until 1995, was convicted after three criminal trials of sexually assaulting dozens of young boys in the course of his work.

Hundreds of men claim that they were abused, over decades, by the former surgeon, now 93, who served three years in prison. Dignity for Patients is calling for a public inquiry into the sexual abuse carried out by Shine.