David O’Callaghan (40), allegedly crashed into buildings after suffering ‘delusional fantasies’
David O'Callaghan , of The Fairways, Woodbrook Glen, Bray, Co Wicklow, faces five counts of criminal damage to gates at the three locations. Photographs: Nick Bradshaw/FacebookDavid O’Callaghan , of The Fairways, Woodbrook Glen, Bray, Co Wicklow, allegedly crashed a van into entrances at Áras an Uachtaráin, the Custom House and Government Buildings in Dublin after suffering “delusional fantasies”.
His District Court bail hearing on Saturday heard that he faces five counts of criminal damage to gates at the three locations within 15 minutes. The charges involve claims he damaged the entrance gate at Phoenix Gate Lodge, Áras an Uachtaráin, Phoenix Park. The court heard he told gardaí he believed his family members were not real and that they had been replaced by actors, spiking him with drugs and waking him every day at 5am with an aerosol hallucinogenic.
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