Updated 10.30am

YESTERDAY, THE TD Joan Collins was arrested at an anti-water meter protest in Dublin before being released a short time later.

The arrest generated quite a lot of discussion on social media with anti-water charges activists again levelling charges of heavy-handed and political policing.

Collins insisted she was “simply standing on a public footpath”.

Myself @PatDunneUL and others were arrested this morning for peacefully protesting the installation of water meters in Crumlin.
— Joan Collins T.D. (@JoanCollinsTD) April 20, 2015

Joan Collins T.D. / Twitter

Meanwhile the other, more famous Joan Collins, the British actress, author and columnist, has sought to clarify any confusion:

No I am not the Joan Collins Who was a rested yesterday At a Dublin protest meeting !!! The very idea!!
— Joan Collins (@Joancollinsdbe) April 21, 2015

Joan Collins / Twitter

We may have reached peak Twitter.

Update: The United Left TD has delivered this quite magnificent response:

For the record I'm not @JoanCollinsOBE as I'd never take an honour from a monarch nor did I wear shoulder pads in the 80s. The very idea!
— Joan Collins T.D. (@JoanCollinsTD) April 21, 2015

Joan Collins T.D. / Twitter

Ok maybe I wore shoulder pads, there was very little choice in the 80s, but I'd never take an honour from a monarch.
— Joan Collins T.D. (@JoanCollinsTD) April 21, 2015

Joan Collins T.D. / Twitter

MORE: “I was simply standing on a public footpath” – Joan Collins TD arrested at Dublin protest

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