A draft of the report from the €300,000 inquiry into the Rio Olympics ticketing controversy is to be circulated to certain parties next Friday.

Pat Hickey is to have his passport returned to him and will be allowed to leave Brazil.

Judge Moran has appealed for members of the public to get in contact about their experiences in applying for tickets for the Olympic Games this year.

The chair of the crisis management committee of the OCI has resigned from the executive board.

A damning report has criticised "serious failings" in the anti-doping operation at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The independent report on the governance of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) is now thought to be complete.

“Once they wore our uniform and ran around our school.”

FINA, however, refutes the claim that it has been soft on doping,

“Rio 2016 was a watershed moment for AIBA.”

More confusing than boxing judges decisions, more complex than the rules of synchronised swimming, and more bizarre than BMXers competing at the Olympics, one could be forgiven for struggling to follow Ireland’s Rio Games ticket touting scandal.

Pat Hickey claims he is innocent of all charges laid against him by a Brazilian court, and will fight each and will vigorously defend his good name.

A judge in Brazil has accepted charges against former Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey.

THG Sports Hospitality has said that it been appointed official ticket reseller for the Olympic Council of Ireland for the 2018 Winter Games.

Rio de Janeiro police investigating a ticket-scalping case say they want the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to explain why Ireland's allocation of Summer Games tickets increased.

Police in Brazil have named Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) sports director Martin Burke as a new suspect in their ticket touting probe.

"Unfortunately, this story line took attention away from the athletes who deserved it the most."

There's no doubting who were the stand out stars for Ireland at the Rio Olympics.

Fallon took the opportunity to bring up the infamous picture of the five-time Olympian looking VERY angry in Rio.

Lochte said his legal team is dealing with the situation, adding: "We're just trying to get this over with."

Gary and Paul O'Donovan were rightly given a heroes welcome when they landed in Skibbereen last night.

Up to 10,000 people are expected in Skibbereen, West Cork, tonight for the official homecoming party for Olympic rowing heroes the O’Donovan brothers.

President Michael D Higgins has warned that if issues uncovered at the Rio Olympics are not adequately addressed, 'they have the potential to undermine public confidence in our athletes and in our sporting administration'.

Ireland’s Olympic medallist and latest world champion Paul O’Donovan is looking forward to partying in his native Skibbereen in Co Cork on Monday.

Former Olympian Sonia O'Sullivan says the phrase 'pull like a dog' will end up in the dictionary.

"It was insane. I was nearly more taken aback by that than when I was running in the stadium."

Ireland's newest Olympic hero Annalise Murphy says she's using her silver medal as her motivation to race at the next Olympics.

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.

Update 10.56pm: Update 10.56pm: Pat Hickey was the “big leader” of the OCI’s ticketing operation, police in Brazil were told in interviews today with two OCI officials, a top Rio detective has said.

Annalise Murphy returned to her home port of Dún Laoghaire in Dublin to a rapturous reception this evening.

"I could not be the player I am without being the person I am, even when I haven't made the best choices or said the right things."

Many of Ireland’s other stars arrived back as part of the 40-strong group

"It pleasantly surprised me. There was more people at the golf events than there was at the athletics."

Disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte’s fall from grace continues apace.

Great expectations would have hindered Annalise Murphy as the sailor left for Rio, of that she is now certain.