Three doctors have been suspended from practising medicine in Ireland in separate cases before the President of the High Court.
Among them is a temporary consultant radiologist whose work at University Hospital Kerry was reviewed after complaints were made.
Mr Justice Peter Kelly said he was satisfied it was necessary on public interest grounds to grant the Medical Council's application against Dr Clare Hartigan from Ballinwear, Nenagh in Co Tipperary, who worked in the Kerry hospital from March 2016 and October 2017.
The application was made with one side only represented.
Such applications are normally dealt with in private, but the judge said he was giving his ruling in public due to public interest concerns, as Dr Hartigan was now working in the private sector in London.
The court was told that the Medical Council had decided last week, after a meeting attended by Dr Hartigan, to make a complaint to the preliminary proceedings committee on the grounds of a relevant medical disability under the Medical Practitioners' Act.
The council had also decided to apply for an order to suspend her, as it believed this was necessary to protect the public interest.
The court heard the council believed Dr Hartigan had a lack of insight into her mental health issues, had failed to engage with the council and had refused an assessment by an independent psychiatrist.
The council was concerned about her health and welfare.
It said she had impaired judgement and there was a risk to patients if she continued to work without appropriate assessment.
Mr Justice Kelly said the council was "rightly concerned" about Dr Hartigan's lack of insight into her current condition and her ability to make judgements.
He said in October 2017, the manager of the Kerry hospital had alleged that Dr Hartigan had failed to meet the standards of competence that could reasonably be expected of a consultant radiologist in the performance, carrying out and reporting of radiological examinations.
The complaint alleged there were three known serious reportable events where the diagnostic error led to serious harm to patients.
There were around 30 alleged incidents where her practice was less than the standard required and could potentially have led to serious patient harm.
A serious incident management team was established and a decision was made to review all radiological imagery performed and reported on by Dr Hartigan. She resigned on 18 October 2017.
The doctor had disputed the complaints and also referred to the average workload of 75,000 examinations per year and said she had completed 37,000 examinations in one year, almost half the total workload, even though there were five radiologists.
The judge also made a suspension order against Karin El Awad Mohamed, with an address at Blackrock in Co Dublin.
He was alleged to have registered to practise medicine in Ireland under a different name and date of birth from details provided to UK medical authorities.
He was suspended in the UK in May 2018 for nine months after findings of misconduct against him.
A third suspension order was made against Dr Patricia Sverani Black from Castletown in Co Laois.
This was due to patient safety concerns arising from allegations that she had prescribed large amounts of diazepam and dalmane, and breached undertakings concerning her prescription practices.
All rulings were given in public for reasons of public interest.
