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2001-1223
- Sunday Business Post - Information applicants entitled to 'personal
information' documents
by Kieron Wood -
High Court judge has ruled that applicants for documents under the
Freedom of Information Act are entitled to see any records which relate to a
matter in which they have a "substantial personal interest". Mr
Justice Iarflaith O'Neill was giving judgement in
the case of EH v the Information Commissioner. The appellant, EH, sought a series of
documents from the Department of Health relating to allegations that he
sexually abused his daughter.
2001-1223
- Sunday Business Post - Family seeks Medical Council documents in Woods
inquiry
by Kieron Wood - A man who was falsely accused of
sexually abusing his daughter is to apply to the High Court to allow
publication of documents relating to a private Medical Council inquiry
2001-1217
- Irishhealth - Council to discuss Woods case next month
by Fergal Bowers - The Medical Council will decide at the end of January
whether to publish the report of the 40-day inquiry into allegations of
professional misconduct against social campaigner, Dr Moira Woods
2001-1215
- Irish Independent - Probe into GPs conduct costs medical body £m
by Eilish O'Regan - The inquiry into allegations of
professional misconduct against retired GP, Dr Moira Woods, has cost the
Medical Council close to £500,000, it emerged yesterday.
2001-1214
- Irish Independent - Anger over report delay on allegations of child abuse
by Eilish O'Regan - Families involved in the
inquiry into retired GP Dr Moira Woods last night threatened to go to the
High Court after it emerged they will have to wait until January to hear if
the report on the case is to be made public.
2001-1213
- Irish Independent - Report on probe into GP's abuse allegations due shortly
by Eilish O'Regan - The Medical Council has invited
families who made allegations against retired GP Dr Moira Woods to hear
submissions this evening on an inquiry report.
2001-1212
- Irishhealth - Woods Inquiry to rule on release of report
by Fergal Bowers - The Fitness to Practise Committee (FTPC) of the Medical
Council is expected to rule tomorrow evening on whether the report of the
inquiry into allegations of professional misconduct against Dr Moira Woods
should be made public
2001-1210 - Fitness To Practice
Committee - Finds Moira Woods Guilty
It
is the view of the majority of the Fitness to Practise Committee that Dr.
Woods has been guilty of professional misconduct on the facts as proved in
each of the above cases. It is recommended that Dr. Woods should be censured
in accordance with Section 45 of the Medical Practitioners Act 1978
report from www.falseallegations.com
2001-1209
- The Sunday Times - Irish families vindicated by child sex abuse inquiry
by Maeve Sheehan and Brian Dowling - Five families
who claim that they were wrongly accused of abusing their children by a
leading Irish doctor are pressing the Medical Council to publish the Report
that found her guilty of professional misconduct. Moira Woods, the doctor who headed Ireland's
first child-abuse clinic, was censured by the Fitness to Practise Committee
of the Medical Council last week.
2001-1208 -
Irish Independent - GP ruled to have got it wrong over 'sex abuse' cases
by Eilish O'Regan - Retired GP Dr Moira Woods has
been found guilty of professional misconduct arising out of complaints by a
number of families whom she wrongly accused of sexual abuse.
2001-1207
- RTE Interactive News - Medical Committee finds against Woods
The Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council has made a finding
of professional misconduct, after an inquiry into one of the country's best
known doctors. The committee was inquiring into allegations that Dr Moira
Woods made false claims of child sexual abuse
2001-1207 - Irishhealth_com - Woods inquiry verdict
by Fergal Bowers - One of the country's most well-known doctors has been
found guilty of professional misconduct by the Fitness to Practise Committee
(FTPC) of the Medical Council, following the biggest inquiry of its kind in
this country
2001-1207 - Irishhealth - Woods inquiry verdict
One of the country's most well-known doctors has been found guilty of
professional misconduct by the Fitness to Practise Committee (FTPC) of the
Medical Council, following the biggest inquiry of its kind in this
country. The case involving Dr Moira
Woods, the social campaigner and former head of the Sexual Assault Treatment
Unit at the Rotunda
Hospital, began in
October 1999.
2001-1200
- Magill Annual Magazine – Though the heavens may
fall
Editorial: - Just short of a decade ago, a number of Irish families who had
been subjected to interventions by two health boards, in matters concerning
the suitability of the parents concerned to rear their own children, began a
process of seeking an investigation into the behavior
of the doctor who had provided expert evidence against them. The doctor in
question was Dr Kathleen Cecilia Moira Woods, then attached to the Rotunda's
Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in Dublin
2001-1101
– Irish Law List – Medical Practitioners Act
- Question
by Edward Hernon - Five fathers lodged formal
complaints to the Medical Council alleging professional misconduct on the
part of a prominent G.P ……<snip>……….. Is there any remedy open to the
complaints whereby they might see justice done and the Medical Council show
transparency and accountability in this particular Inquiry?
2001-0716 - MA Study - "Limbomen" (pdf
file) New June 1 2004
Study submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a
master of Arts Degree in Journalism - by Dulra O'Riordain - "Limbomen"
- Ireland's disempowered Dads.
"From the Mouths of Babes" - False Child Abuse Scandals…..Dr
Moira Woods is currently awaiting the verdict of an Inquiry into 60 counts of
alleged professional misconduct in her role as the senior doctor in the
Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at the Rotunda Hospital (1987-1996).
2001-0621
- Irishhealth_com - The Woods controversy explained
by Fergal Bowers, Editor - It is likely to be late this year before the
Medical Council rules on whether social campaigner, Dr Moira Woods is guilty
or not of professional misconduct in relation to allegations of child sexual
abuse she made against five Irish families. This unprecedented case has its
roots in events in the mid to late 80s. It was around this time that the true
nature and extent of child sexual abuse came to light in this country
2001-0621
- Irishhealth_com - Comments posted to Irish Health
Five submissions to bulletin board
2001-0430
- Irishhealth - Medical Council to give verdict in
Woods case
Hearings in the biggest Medical Council inquiry of its kind in this country
have finally ended
2001-0323 - Irishhealth - Landmark 'Woods' inquiry set to end
The biggest Medical Council inquiry of its kind in Ireland is due to come to
a close shortly……The unprecedented inquiry into allegations that a prominent
doctor made false claims of child sexual abuse involving 11 children from
five families began in October 1999.
2001-0219 -
Irishhealth - High Court threat to Woods inquiry
A number of families involved in an unprecedented Medical Council inquiry
into allegations that a prominent doctor made false claims of child sex abuse
may go to the High Court to halt the inquiry, it has emerged
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