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Consultant takes legal action against Children’s Health Ireland

Padraig Sheeran alleges Crumlin hospital took ‘entirely unlawful actions’ to prevent his return to work after Medical Council review ‘vindication’

Crumlin children’s hospital in Dublin: Padraig Sheeran is seeking an injunction restraining the hospital from preventing him from returning to work

A consultant who alleges that he has been unlawfully prevented from returning to work at Crumlin children’s hospital despite being “vindicated” by the Medical Council in 2018 has launched legal proceedings against his hospital employer.

Padraig Sheeran, who has been a full-time consultant anaesthetist at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin since 2008, is seeking an injunction restraining the hospital from preventing him from returning to work.

In an affidavit filed with the High Court, Sheeran ...