Push for Pat Hickey’s bail

AFTER an interview extending over four hours on Thursday Rio police said Irish Olympic officials, Kevin Kilty and Stephen Martin, had co-operated fully and were very helpful.

Neither were suspects; the police just thought the two men could be helpful.

They have now been told they are free to go home, but must wait until the judge, who had their passports seized, returns them. This means they have effectively been compelled to remain in Brazil for about two weeks extra. Who pays for that?