Businessman bids to quash fraud rumours

A businessman who claims to have been held hostage at an unknown location for eight months before his sudden reappearance in January has sought to quash rumours he had engaged in fraud.

Property developer Kevin McGeever, 68, has indicated he is looking forward to dispelling allegations about the circumstances of his past business dealings and about his abduction.

The background to the alleged kidnapping of Mr McGeever, who disappeared from his €3m luxury mansion in Craughwell, Co Galway last May, remains shrouded in mystery.