Pádraig O’Reachtagáin was named dentist of the year for the “compassionate treatment” he provided to a woman who was injured in a domestic violence incident. On Tuesday Mr O’Reachtagáin told the Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 he realised when he was treating the woman that she was someone going through a difficult time. “These women were brought in to me if they had dental injuries because I was the nearest dentist,” he said. “The injuries I saw were varied, [like] any victim of a car crash that you see in hospital or on TV. “She went to the trouble of finding my practice number [and] said she had experienced domestic violence with an alcoholic father all through their childhood.

Source: The Irish Times December 10, 2019 13:41 UTC