'Difficulty' getting damage cost of Russian embassy gate crash, court hears

Desmond Wisley at Tallaght District Court  on March 8. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Gardaí had a "bit of a difficulty" getting the value for the damage after a church supplier’s truck rammed the Russian embassy gates in Dublin, a court has heard.

Desmond Wisley, 49, was arrested after his firm's lorry reversed and crashed through the gates of the building on Orwell Road, Rathgar, on the city's southside at about 1.30pm on March 7.