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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 1810Rape (two counts) · Co. Dublin

Man in his 20s charged with raping female colleague in Dublin

A non-Irish man in his 20s was charged with two counts of rape of a colleague in Dublin, allegedly over two successive dates in April 2025, and appeared at Dublin District Court on 23 April 2025, where he made no reply, was granted legal aid, and was remanded in custody with consent to bail set at €10,000 with conditions including daily sign-on and passport surrender. The accused, a foreign national with no family in Ireland who came on a student visa and converted it to a work visa, was described by the detective as a flight risk and is to appear again the following week. Separately, a former garda who was arrested by the ERU during a football match in a Dublin park in 2020 lodged a High Court case on 11 April 2025 against Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, claiming wrongful arrest and breaches of the Protected Disclosures Act over whistleblower claims about defective gun holsters.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Charged23 Apr
  4. In court23 Apr
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A man in his 20s was charged with two counts of rape of a colleague in Dublin, allegedly over two successive dates in April 2025; the key facts describe the victim as an Irish man while the articles describe a female colleague.
  • A former garda was arrested by the ERU in 2020 during a football match in a Dublin park and is suing Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, claiming wrongful arrest and breaches of the Protected Disclosures Act relating to whistleblower claims about defective gun holsters.
Where
The alleged rapes occurred in Dublin and the accused appeared at Dublin District Court.
When
The alleged rapes occurred over two successive dates in April 2025 and the accused appeared at Dublin District Court on 23 April 2025.
Other details
  • The accused is a non-Irish man in his 20s, a foreign national with no family in Ireland, who came on a student visa and converted it to a work visa, had not attended college, had no prior convictions, and came from a country with no extradition treaty with Ireland.
  • The former garda is facing trial in the Circuit Criminal Court on weapons offences and denies all charges, and ERU officers were directed to arrest him in public to avoid any risk of a siege.
In court
  • The accused made no reply when charged, was granted legal aid, bail was set at €10,000 with an independent surety and conditions including daily sign-on, passport surrender, and no contact with witnesses, and he was remanded in custody with consent to bail to appear again the following week.
  • The garda's case was lodged in the High Court on 11 April 2025, he is represented by Belfast-based solicitor Kevin Winters, and the matter has been referred to Fiosrú, formerly the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.
Investigation
The detective described the accused as a flight risk, his phone was seized, and he had about €2,600 in his bank account.
33 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA former garda was arrested by the ERU during a football match with friends (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man is suing Garda Commissioner Drew Harris over the circumstances of his arrest (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe case claims breaches of the Protected Disclosures Act relating to whistleblower claims about defective gun holsters (irishtimes.com)
  • whatERU officers were directed to arrest him in public to avoid any risk of a siege (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man is represented by Belfast-based solicitor Kevin Winters (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man is facing trial in the Circuit Criminal Court on weapons offences and denies all charges (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe matter has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, now known as Fiosrú (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe man will claim wrongful arrest and that the manner of detention was a gross overreaction (irishtimes.com)
  • whereThe arrest took place in a Dublin park (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe ERU arrest operation took place in 2020 (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe case was lodged in the High Court on April 11th (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe man first raised concerns about the leather holsters in 2019 (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe technical examination of the holster was carried out in 2020 (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe alleged rapes occurred over two successive dates in April 2025 (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeThe accused was charged with two counts of rape (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe accused appeared at Dublin District Court (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtBail was set at €10,000 with an independent surety (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe accused must sign on daily at a Garda station as a bail condition (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe accused must surrender his passport and not apply for alternative travel documents (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe accused must have no contact with witnesses (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtLegal aid was granted to the accused (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe accused was remanded in custody with consent to bail and will appear again the following week (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused made no reply when charged (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused is a foreign national with no family in Ireland (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe detective described the accused as a flight risk (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused came to Ireland on a student visa (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused had not attended college and was not enrolled in the latest academic year (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused had no prior convictions or history of bench warrants (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused handed over his passport to Gardaí (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused's phone was seized (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused had about €2,600 in his bank account (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused came from a country with no extradition treaty with Ireland (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe accused converted his student visa to a work visa (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 23 Apr2025
    Chargedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Man who 'converted' student visa for work permit charged with raping colleague

    First report of the charging and bail hearing at Dublin District Court.

    victim, femaleaccused, 20s, male, non-irish (judged from name)
  2. 23 Apr2025
    In courtirishtimes.com, follow-up
    Garda whistleblower sues force over arrest by armed officers during football match with friends

    Reports the lodging of a High Court case by a former garda against the Garda Commissioner, claiming wrongful arrest by the ERU and breaches of whistleblower protections related to defective gun holsters.

    victim, male, Irish, irish