The passports of three members of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) [Dermot Henihan, Kevin Kilty and Stephen Martin] have been seized following the search of a hotel in Brazil in relation to the Rio ticketing controversy.
No arrests were made during the search.
“Early this morning in Rio, Brazilian police arrived at the OCI offices in the Olympic village and at OCI accommodation outside of the village,” said the OCI in a statement.
Civil Police removed mobile phones and Olympics tickets from the hotel rooms of members of the OCI.
The passports of three Irish citizens were also confiscated by police officers, as part of their ongoing investigation.
“The OCI personnel were asked to present for questioning at a local police station on Tuesday (23 August) next. They agreed to do so,” said the OCI.
“The OCI had an allocation of unused official tickets in their offices which had been made available for athletes’ families and friends. The police also took possession of these tickets,” added the OCI.
Passports of three OCI members seized by police in Rio (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Pat Hickey to appear before a judge on Tuesday as part of Brazilian probe into international ticket touting #Rio2016 #Hickey
— Owen Conlon (@ConlonOwen) August 21, 2016
Meanwhile…
Ah here.
Via Barry
Thanks Postman Pat
UPDATE:
FAI Chief Executive John Delaney
Also as part of the court order dated yesterday, RTÉ News understands that the Brazilian police are seeking to acquire the passports of three other individuals connected to the OCI.
…Those three people named on court documents are acting president Willie O’Brien, executive member of the OCI and chief executive of the FAI John Delaney and personal assistant to the president Linda O’Reilly.///
Brazilian police seeking to acquire the passports of six individuals connected to the OCI (RTE)
It just keeps on giving, these Olympics….
The bin men medals were tops
In essence, the government needs to introduce charity/ the so-called non-profit sector legislation as soon as possible. This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to charity/ the so-called non-profit sector.
Barry’s coverage of the olympics is clearly broadsheet or teletext given that chart.
Kenya and Russia are neck and neck with us in the corruption stakes.
Why was Ireland picked on so. Mainly because it would have no economic or political repressions which doesn’t mean the OCI was not and is not corrupt. It’s a wonder that shredder didn’t go on fire before this.
Kipchoge’s performance today was near super human mind.
I do wonder if it is a race of the athletes or the chemists sometimes.
Well, We’re not being picked on. Hickey is corrupt as old rust and deserverdly got pinched. The Russians made far bigger headlines, and deservedly so, in the run up to the games.
The kenyan thing is a funny one. They got caught barefacedly cheating drug tests (a coach took a urine test posing as a sprinter) and nothing seems to have come of it.
I saw him being carted off to prison in a wheel chair.. Did he head over to Brazil in a wheel chair or was that brought on since being arrested?
Really Rotide i dont see any kenyans or russians in brazilian jails
Maybe because most of the Russians aren’t actually there on account of being banned from the Olympics?
The kenyan stuff is funny too.
If the Russians aren’t there, how did they manage to win 56 medals?
I did say most.
I’m not going to bother explaining something that’s been in the brass for the last 6 months
It was just athletics and weightlifting, iirc.
tickets for the boys
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/gene-kerrigan/gene-kerrigan-i-know-its-only-rock-n-ross-but-i-like-it-34981982.html
The IT have confirmed that Delaney’s is one of the passports taken.
Imagine if we got rid of two birds with one stone!
Is Delaney in Rio? Thought he was in Dublin for the OCI meeting tonight
Really? All I see on the IT website is Police ‘seek to seize’ Delaney passport.
Best weekend news
Tis, Paddy. The sea change that butty little woman promised was bluff. Thank you London! Thank you Brazil.!
BEST.OLYMPICS.EVER
Shame we couldn’t use those OCI bozos as marathon runners. Kipchoge would be left for dead…
If anything good comes out of this debacle, perhaps it will be to rid Irish sport of leeches like Mr (400k per year) Delaney.
How come none of the news reports say where Delaney is? It’s a frustrating omission.
Apparently he turned up at the OCI meeting last night. He also had a hotel room booked in Rio but never turned up for some reason..
Maybe because of the big burly uniformed men with handcuffs waiting for him? Some of us pay for that kind of stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI
What is it about Arthur Cox solicitors and skulduggery.
Pity Hickey didn’t start singing sooner.
Well if Hickey is going down in a Rio jail he’ll want his buddies with him. Blame-dilution….the guy squealed good. Best Olympics ever.
We have more arrests than medals at these Olympics…people must think we are taking the complete Hickey
Beautiful. Obrigado