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Yearly Archives: 2016
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From top: Pat Hickey and Michael Clifford
Anthony Sheridan of Public Inquiry, writes:
Journalist Michael Clifford was full of admiration for (recently arrested) Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey in yesterday’s Irish Examiner.
…On Minister Shane Ross’s attempt to get answers from Hickey:
Mr Ross discovered, as many before him had, that Mr Hickey is a wily old dog who can bite as well as others might bark.
On Hickey’s refusal to cooperate with Ross:
Take a hike, minister, this is my baby, the long-standing OCI president conveyed.
On Hickey’s patronising dinner invite to Ross:
Say what you like about Pat Hickey, but you gotta love his chutzpah.
On Ross’s intention to seek the advice of the Attorney General:
You can imagine the sheer delight Marie Whelan would enjoy if told that Shane Ross was on the line.
Just a few short weeks ago, Miss Whelan was subjected to acute embarrassment at the cabinet table when Mr Ross rejected her advice on the abortion issue as “just an opinion”.
Now the same minister plans to run to her seeking some form of advice that might save his ego from abrupt deflation.
On Ross’s poor handling of the scandal:
Perhaps Mr Ross should take up the invitation to dine with Pat Hickey. The latter would undoubtedly be able to tell the politician a thing or two about politics.
The question Irish citizens have for establishment journalists like Clifford is: When are you going to address the rampant political corruption that has destroyed our country?
Journalist Michael Clifford: In praise of Pat Hickey (Anthony Sheridan, PublicEnquiry
Earlier: Pat Hickey Arrested And Hospitalised In Rio
Previously: To Clear A Good Name
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Throwback awsomeness in hardwood and clear epoxy resin by Los Angeles company TAYBLES.
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An animated short by Great Big Story about the serendipitous genesis of Canadian rockers The Guess Who’s iconic 1970 anti-war anthem
Olympic Council of Ireland chief Pat Hickey in his room at the Windsor Marapendi Hotel, Barra Tijuca, Rio this morning..
Police in Brazil investigating illegal Olympic ticket sales have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey.
Mr Hickey, 71, is suspected of being involved in a scheme to sell tickets for higher than their face value.
He was taken to hospital as a precaution, and will probably stay the night there, police said.
The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said he had stood down temporarily from his roles after being arrested.
Brazilian police said that when officers went to Mr Hickey’s hotel room on Wednesday morning, they found his wife there with his Olympic credentials.
Mrs Hickey told them her husband had left Rio de Janeiro for Ireland at the weekend, they said.
With the help of the hotel they began a search and found Mr Hickey in the room next door, they added.
While police said they had reason to believe he was trying to escape, a video apparently of the arrest on the ESPN Brazil sports news website shows Mr Hickey answering the door naked to officers.
Irish IOC head ‘arrested in Rio’ (BBC)
“Housekeeping.”
Polícia do Rio vai a hotel e prende executivo do COI por máfia de ingressos (ESPN)
A warrant for Pat Hickey’s arrest.
Earlier: ‘Thank You For Calling Marcus Evans’
European Olympics Committees President Hickey accused of plotting with at least six others to illegally sell tickets for Rio #Olympics @ap
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) August 17, 2016
Meanwhile…
Shell shock here in Rio
— Shane Ross (@Shane_RossTD) August 17, 2016
A tweet (above) this morning from Shane Ross, who joined Mr Hickey last night (top) at celebrations for Annalise Murphy’s silver in the sailing.
More as we get it.
This morning.
Brown Thomas Cork.
Saint and Sant writes:
Fupping Christmas?
Allison from The Irish Workshop, online home of homegrown crafts and whatnot, writes:
Are you feeling like a cog in the machine? Are you noticing that everyone’s business attire looks eerily like your own? Do you keep accidentally sitting in the wrong cubicle at work because they all look maddeningly similar and you work in a symmetrical building?
Take some time this Wednesday to realise your uniqueness with this lovely print by our very own LAINEY K Designs. Let the words of Oscar Wilde soothe your midweek blues and revel in your own significance before you have to submit that report, schedule that meeting, or reload that printer ink.
Take a deep breath. The weekend’s only two days away….
FIGHT!
Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-made stuff’