A trial date has been set at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for three gardaí accused of burglary and perverting the course of justice, one of whom also faces a charge of false imprisonment of a woman.

Robert Gorman (43), a resident of north Dublin, is charged with burglary of a basement flat on Mountjoy Square North in the city centre on 7 September, 2021.

He is also accused of perverting the course of public justice between 30 September and 30 December, 2021 by allegedly signing information for a search warrant on that flat in Mountjoy Square.

Gorman faces a second count of perverting the course of justice by allegedly creating three incidents on the Garda Pulse computer system on 21 September, 2021.

Ciaran Whelan (51) with an address in Co Tipperary is also charged with burglary of the basement flat at Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, on 7 September, 2021.

Whelan is further charged with burglary of a flat on Kenilworth Road, Dublin 6, on 19 June, 2021 and with three counts of perverting the course of justice on dates between 25 August and 27 September, 2021.

The charges of perverting the course of justice include allegations that Whelan made a false report to a superintendent regarding a search of the flat at Kenilworth Road, and amended data on the Garda Pulse system.

Whelan is also charged with false imprisonment of a woman on 7 September, 2021 at Saint John’s Road West in Dublin 8.

Mark Duffy (39) with an address in Dublin 15, faces one count of burglary at a property on Kenilworth Road on 19 June, 2021 and a second count of perverting the course of justice on a date between 28 August and 20 December, 2021.

At a sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today, Judge Martin Nolan set a trial date of February 23, 2026 in relation to the three men.