Ireland Named in reporting
Colum Ryan
Born between May 1988 and March 1989, from the ages reported. 8 reports across 2 cases, 22 Mar 2024 to 25 May 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Accused
- Born
- Between May 1988 and March 1989, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Perverting the course of justice; burglary; false imprisonment
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 8 reports, 22 Mar 2024 to 25 May 2024
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, thejournal.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Garda sent for trial on perverting course of justice charges in Dublin Perverting the course of justice; burglary; false imprisonment · Co. Dublin
Colum Ryan, 35, a serving garda with a Co Meath address, is charged with perverting the course of justice, burglary and false imprisonment of a woman in connection with a search at a basement flat at Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, on 7 September 2021. He was arrested at Irishtown Garda Station on 11 March 2024 and made no reply when charged. He appeared at Dublin District Court on 22 March and again on 24 May 2024, where the Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial on indictment. He was sent forward to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, listed for mention on 20 June 2024, and remanded on €200 bail. He has not indicated a plea.
In court, 22 Mar 2024Accused · 6 reports - Trial date set for gardaí on burglary and perverting justice, Dublin Perverting the course of justice; burglary; false imprisonment · Co. Dublin
Three Dublin-based Irish gardaí, Mark Duffy (39), Ciaran Whelan (51) and Robert Gorman (43), were sent forward for trial in May 2024 on charges of burglary, perverting the course of justice and, for Whelan, false imprisonment of a woman, following a Garda Anti-Corruption Unit investigation into a Dublin unit's 2021 activities. The alleged offences, committed between June and September 2021, include burglaries at flats on Kenilworth Road, Dublin 6, and Mountjoy Square North, Dublin 1, and a false imprisonment at Saint John's Road West, Dublin 8. Duffy was arrested on 7 March 2024 and Whelan and Gorman on 11 March 2024; all were remanded on bail and the DPP directed trial on indictment. A fourth garda, Colum Ryan (35), was charged earlier with burglary and false imprisonment and is due in court separately. A trial date of 23 February 2026 was set at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in July 2024.
In court, 12 Mar 2024Accused · 2 reports
Timeline
every report naming Colum Ryan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 25 May2024Garda appears in court charged with perverting course of justice and burglaryaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 24 May2024Garda to face trial charged with perverting the course of justice, burglary and false imprisonmentaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 24 May2024Garda to be tried for perverting course of justice, false imprisonment of woman and burglary of flat in Dublinaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 17 May2024Three gardaí sent forward for trial accused of burglary and perverting the course of justiceaccused, Colum Ryan, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 17 May2024Gardai sent forward for trial for perverting the course of justice and burglaryaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 22 Mar2024Third garda charged with perverting course of justiceaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 22 Mar2024Garda charged with multiple criminal offences set to face trial on indictmentaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
- 22 Mar2024Garda in court on charges of burglary, false imprisonment of woman and perverting course of justiceaccused, Colum Ryan, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Colum Ryan
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