Hickey: No impropriety on tickets

The president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Pat Hickey, has insisted there has been “no impropriety whatsoever” by either himself or anyone else within OCI in relation to tickets for the Rio Olympics.

Pressure has been mounting on the OCI and Mr Hickey to clarify the situation after Irish man Kevin James Mallon, who is involved with sports hospitality company THG, was arrested in Rio after allegedly being found with OCI- allocated tickets.Up to 1,000 tickets have been seized.

Last night, Mr Hickey broke his silence, telling RTÉ: “What I can tell you very clearly is that there is no impropriety whatsoever from anyone within the OCI or myself in the dealing of tickets. I want to reassure of that 100%.”