Pat Hickey family ‘reassured’ by Charlie Flanagan

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has met Pat Hickey’s family over concerns about the welfare, in Rio, of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) stalwart.

Members of Mr Hickey’s family and their legal team met the minister yesterday evening at the Department of Foreign Affairs and afterwards said they had been “reassured” by the meeting.

Mr Hickey, who temporarily stepped aside from his role as president of the OCI after being arrested over ticket touting allegations almost two weeks ago, was released from prison earlier this week.