Sinn Féin councillor Kenneth Collins denies fraud claims also made against Cork TD

Mr Collins’s solicitor, Frank Buttimer, said that his client was arrested by appointment in January and questioned for a number of hours, before also being released without charge

Councillor Kenneth Collins was named in a statement from Mary Lou McDonald on Saturday as having been questioned as part of a fraud probe by An Garda Síochána. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Sinn Féin councillor who was named by his party leader as having been arrested as part of a fraud probe has, through his solicitor, denied any wrongdoing.

Kenneth Collins was named on Saturday night in a statement from Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, after Cork North Central TD Thomas Gould said earlier that evening that he was arrested on Friday as part of the same probe into an alleged €150,000 business fraud occurring almost a decade ago.