This evening.
Dublin Airport.
Sports minister Shane Ross with Ruth Buchanan returns from Rio following the arrest of Irish Olympic chief Pat Hickey.
Panama hat, bucket and spade (in red bag).
‘I think we must have an independent inquiry’ – Shane Ross on Olympic ticket controversy (Newstalk)
Earlier: Calling It
Yesterday: Back In Your Box
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
Meanwhile…
Tonight.
Pat Hickey (in wheelchair) was discharged from Samaritano Barra hospital and taken to a Rio de Janeiro police station to be questioned about the Olympics ticket scalping investigation.
He’ll roll rings around them.
IOC’s Hickey Goes From Hospital To Police (ABC)
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Why was there not a liaison process developed between the Irish Guards and the Brazilian Police, the are also questions for the latter, why was the search and abortive arrest of Mr Hicky a televised event, then there is the comments by the
Rio Police, at a press conference to what Mr Hickey’s spouse is supposed to have said, is there a video and audio recording of this, the OCI and indeed the Rio Police have a lot questions to answer in what is turning into a media circus.
In getting anywhere on this, you need to follow the money, incidentally what was Mr Ross spouse doing out in Rio, were there others too from his Dept.
You’re all over the map there friend, what’s your point?
Facts first, we all know where Brazil is.
Yeah, am struggling to take all that in.
Also why didn’t Mr.Hickey agree to co-operate with Mr.Ross the day previous? And just why was Mr.Hickey hiding in a separate hotel room? So many questions, so few answers!
Shane Ross in his position a Minister has no investigate powers, this funtion is
reserved to the Guards or a process of Inquiry established by the Oireachtas.
As to getting answers in Rio is pointless, when they could not be got in Dublin
Then there is the addititional farce of the huge group sent out from RTE, who
authorised this, whats Damien O’Reilly and Myles Dungan doing on the contingent, are they not presenters of Agri and History Programmes.
This isn’t true. The Minister has at his or her discretion a wide range of abilities to investigate any body which falls under the ISC, or receives taxpayer money.
Why do you want the Brazilian police to consult with a regiment of the British army, and why do you expect the Brazilian police to conform to the way we might do it, not that there is much chance that people like him would ever have their collar felt in Ireland.
a regiment of the British army?
Do explain.
The Irish Guards ie the Garda Siochana, since when did you conclude
that a Army Regiment of another country have investigate powers either
side of the border.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Guards
Shane Ross does not control the Brazilian police. We do not know if the gardai are involved yet.
They can’t get involved if the crime did not happen in the state. This is not yet clear.
He should have stayed in Rio until the end of the games to provide a figurehead and support to the remaining athletes. Any talks with the Government could be done over video link.
Balls. The athletes aren’t interested in him they are getting on with the job they are there to do. If he stayed he’d be criticised for wasting money doing nothing.
He should never have gone out in the first place!
Brazil is a poor country. I expect there is serious resentment in Rio to so such a large number of empty seats while many could not afford the price let alone a mark up. The amount of tickets was relatively very small but dragging a member of the Olympic top brass out half naked is great optics on Brazilian TV.
Ross probably contributed to this action, albeit unwittingly.
would you mind elaborating a little on the deep piece of insight, im intrigued..
he’s an embarrassment. he couldn’t even swim in the shallow end.
with a comment like that i think the embarrassment may lie elsewhere Bacchus
Comment of the year for me
got a bit acolour there rosser, well done
”jolly good what what?”
Cot = Bacchus
ah that explains..
Christ. The Redeemer?
he was only there for a few days. the climate is warm – why the need for so many suitcases? Cos he double crossed Hickey, went to his hotel after his arrest, got the cash and stuffed it into those cases. No wonder he has such a big bloody grin
Allegedly.
I was on a flight, back in May – Gatwick to Belfast. My ‘right next to me passenger’ (I’m not aware of another appropriate term) struck up a conversation. After the blah, blah – I told her that I had, in the past done transcriptions for Broadsheet.ie. She asked me if I’d ever ‘done’ Shane Ross – I replied – I’d do him every day he’s so easy (coherent).
Anyhoo, my fellow passenger revealed that she was an alumni of Trinity in the 70s, she said that he was, in her opinion – a good guy.
I’ve listened to Shane Ross – believe me – transcriptions – Jeez – I do believe he is!
Her name is Ruth Buchanan.
Funny thing Sha-na-na, but whenever I’m on a plane and I tell the ‘person sitting beside me’, (I believe that’s the appropriate term), that I transcribed stuff for Broadsheet they ask me what I’m talking about.. Then they call the cabin crew and ask to be moved to another seat.
But joking aside, Shane Ross is a lovely man. We need many more like him.
Fine looking man.
“At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive
You make me feel alive, alive alive
I’ll take my chance cause luck is on my side or something”
– Rio, Duran Duran.
Here lads, look at the Duran Duran fan.
He knows the lyrics and everything…
– We all thought Simon LeBon had a pot-belly… It was a crystal ball stuck up his jumper. We were fools.