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1. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Saoirse McGarrigle

   Saoirse McGarrigle: The day I confronted paedophile Michael Shine (opens the original)

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   JOURNALISTS DEAL IN facts. Most don’t like to admit that they get things wrong, but I must admit that I was almost fooled by Michael Shine. Most Irish people will, hopefully, never see inside the Central Criminal Courts, so I will paint a picture for you of how it looks beyond the steps at Parkgate Street, near the Phoenix Park. When you go through security and metal detectors there is a large open-plan area. The easiest way to describe it is if you can imagine that the country’s biggest court c

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Saoirse McGarrigle

   State investigation into paedophile Michael Shine should begin 'immediately', report says (opens the original)

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   A SCOPING EXERCISE into the Michael Shine abuse case has found that a Commission of Investigation is both “required” and should “start immediately”. In March, Lorcan Staines SC was appointed by the Department of Health to carry out a 16-week scoping exercise. Staines’s report was formally submitted to the Department on 3 July and published on the department’s website this morning. In his executive summary, Staines wrote: “I recommend a six-phase Commission of Investigation to be established by w

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