Callely protests innocence on his release

Ivor Callely protested his innocence after being released from custody by fraud squad officers.

The former Fianna Fáil junior minister was freed 24 hours after his arrest and subsequent questioning over his mobile phone expenses while a senator.

Mr Callely’s solicitor Noel O’Hanrahan read out a short statement after his client emerged from Irishtown Garda station.