ARAS GATE RAMMER 'HAD PARANOID DELUSION'

A MAN who caused €60,000 worth of damage after ramming into gates at Leinster House, Aras An Uachtarain and the Customs House last year was suffering from a paranoid delusion at the time, court has heard.

- BY EIMEAR DODD

David O'Callaghan, 41, of the Fairways, Woodbrook Glen, Bray, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty to driving into a rear gate of Leinster House on August 2.

He further pleaded to two counts of criminal damage to gates at Phoenix Lodge at Aras An Uachtarain and at Customs House, also on the same date.