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Latest: Olympic Council of Ireland interim president Willie O Brien has said the organisation "will defend ourselves to the hilt" after becoming embroiled in an international Olympics ticket touting scandal

Update 1.52am: Olympic Council of Ireland interim president Willie O Brien has said the organisation "will defend ourselves to the hilt" after becoming embroiled in an international Olympics ticket touting scandal, writes Fiachra O Cionnaith.

The First President of the Irish sporting body at a hastily arranged press conference outside the Rio hospital where crisis-hit OCI official Pat Hickey is being treated for an alleged health issue.