Draft report on Rio tickets inquiry to be circulated

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.

That is according to Sports Minister Shane Ross, who said the parties affected by Mr Justice Carroll Moran’s report will be afforded an opportunity to respond to the judge “and it is expected that three weeks will be required for that purpose”.

In a written Dáil reply to Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy on the issue, Mr Ross said: “On March 21, the inquiry’s solicitor contacted my officials to say that the judge’s report would be circulated to certain parties on March 31.”