Gardaí are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the discovery of missing businessman Kevin McGeever in Co Leitrim on Tuesday night.
The property developer was discovered in a dishevelled state on the side of the road by a passer-by.
He is currently receiving treatment at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar.
Mr McGeever is understood to have told gardaí he was kidnapped and held north of the border for eight months.