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Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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The centre in question is the Ard Greine centre at St Joesph’s Hospital Stranorlar, Co. Donegal. A summary report published in December 2021 confirmed that there had been sexually inappropriate behaviour perpetrated by a resident of Ard Greine since 1997.
The resident, given the pseudonym Brandon, had previously been diagnosed with bipolar effective disorder and mild to moderate intellectual disability. Brandon carried out at least 108 sexual assaults on as many as 18 intellectually disabled residents. The report focused on serious incidents perpetrated by Brandon between 2003 and 2011 and held that management of the centre had full knowledge of these assaults.
The first record of a sexual assault by Brandon was in January 1997. Files held by Ard Greine suggested that Brandon targeted and pursued certain vulnerable residents.
Brandon remained in Ard Greine until 2016 when he was transferred to a nursing home where he passed away in 2020. As a result of the failure by the Department of Health to publish the report the full extent of Brandon’s abuse will not be disclosed
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
Pat Murphy, a 34-year-old father, died after a ruptured artery went undiagnosed at Cork University Hospital. Despite suffering severe chest pains, he faced a nine-hour wait for a CT scan, delayed further by a malfunctioning machine. His family claims this delay contributed to his tragic death.
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