“There’s not a doubt about it that I was absolutely humiliated and treated in a disgraceful manner on my arrest.”

9 years ago

Pat Hickey claims he is “completely innocent”. The former president of the Olympic Council of Ireland has released a statement in reaction to the charges he is facing in Brazil. Police have produced emails linking Hickey to The Hospitality Group, an exchange with Marcus Evans about Olympic ticketing issues as far back as 2010. Emails […]

10 years ago

Pat Hickey has been released from prison in Brazil. The former president of the Olympic Council of Ireland had been detained in Bangu prison in Rio for almost two weeks. Pat Hickey leaves Bangu Prison in Rio and is driven away in blacked-out carhttps://t.co/20eW6mXl8K — RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 30, 2016 A Brazilian judge deemed that […]

10 years ago

One former Irish Olympian is unimpressed

10 years ago

FAI Chief Executive John Delaney has made his first media appearance since the arrest of Pat Hickey. Delaney was speaking on WLR FM following the death of former FAI president Milo Corcoran. A court in Brazil issued a warrant last weekend, giving police authorisation to seize the passport of Delaney, the most powerful man in Irish […]

10 years ago

“His arrest has no legal support.” A statement released on behalf of Pat Hickey has claimed that the former Olympic Council of Ireland president did not resist arrest and that “his detention was required by the police authority under mere assumptions.” Hickey was arrested in his hotel on August 17 and faces charges of facilitating ticket […]

10 years ago