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Prepare to be amazed over the next 11 days! Read moreRio prosecutor charges Pat Hickey and Kevin Mallon in connection with Olympic tickets case
Pat Hickey and Kevin Mallon have been formally charged in Brazil. Read morePat Hickey granted bail, held under house arrest while case continues
OCI president Pat Hickey has been granted bail by a judge in Brazil - who says he is unlikely to serve time in Bangu jail, even if convicted. Read morePat Hickey expected to be released on bail from Rio jail
The President of the Olympic Council of Ireland could be released from custody as early as today. Read moreKevin Mallon due in court in connection with Olympic ticket touting case
Irish man Kevin Mallon is due to appear in a Rio court today in connection with allegations of ticket touting. Read moreLatest in Rio ticket scandal: Kevin Mallon to be released from preventative detention
A sports hospitality boss arrested by police in Rio over an alleged ticket touting operation is due to be released from preventative detention, his company has said. Read moreMinister Flanagan agrees to meet ‘extremely concerned’ Hickey family
Update 5.20pm: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Charlie Flanagan has responded to the appeal by the Hickey family for Government intervention by issuing a statement. Read morePat Hickey lawyers seek house arrest for three-month trial wait
Lawyers for embattled Olympic Council of Ireland official Pat Hickey have urged Brazilian authorities to transfer him from the notorious Bangu prison to house arrest because he is facing a wait of up to three months to be either charged or freed writes Irish Examiner political reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith. Read moreRio police charge US swimmer Lochte with false report of robbery
Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics. Read more‘Happy to have cooperated. Nothing to say, sorry’: Irish Olympic executives say Pat Hickey led ticketing
Two Irish Olympic executives have told Rio police that the Olympic Council of Ireland's long-time president, Patrick Hickey was in sole charge of ticketing matters, a top investigator has said. Read more