The Irish Times revealed a member of the Oireachtas had been arrested and questioned about an alleged 150,000 business fraud almost a decade ago.

Mr Gould admits that whilst his prognosis was good all sorts of things went through his head after surgery.

€50,000 was allocated for the Nash’s Boreen Active Travel Scheme

“I tell you now, I’m overjoyed, I feel like I have a frog in my throat,” Mr Gould apologised, as he spoke to a scrum of reporters and supporters at the Nemo Rangers count centre yesterday evening.

Mary Lou McDonald was canvassing in the CastleWest Shopping Centre in Ballincollig on Saturday afternoon with her party’s two sitting Cork City TDs Thomas Gould and Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and their respective running mates Joe Lynch and Michelle Cowhey Shahid.

The Echo caught up with Mr Gould and his team as they canvassing in the Blackpool Shopping Centre ahead of the general election. 

Thomas Gould pointed out that last year 13,000 people went through the courts for TV licence evasion