A court refuses an application to release trial transcripts involving convicted sex offender Michael Shine. Shine is reported to have worked at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda from 1964 until 1995. Across three criminal trials, he is convicted of sexually assaulting dozens of boys. The refusal means the transcripts from those proceedings are not made publicly available at this stage, according to the accounts from both outlets. Both reports describe the case as centred on allegations linked to Shine’s work at the hospital and the convictions that followed those trials. While the outlets focus on the outcome of the request for access to the transcripts, they do not provide additional details in the provided excerpts about the specific legal grounds for refusing release, nor do they describe any further appeal steps. The court decision therefore maintains confidentiality around the trial record, even after the convictions and the completion of the criminal proceedings referred to in the reports.