Irish chief Hickey hoping to light up Dublin with Olympic Torch visit

FOR the first time the Olympic Torch could be carried through the streets of Dublin if negotiations between the London 2012 organising committee and the OCI President, Pat Hickey, reach a successful conclusion.

Hickey was not present at last night’s annual meeting of the OCI which was held in the Havelock Suite at the Aviva Stadium. He was representing the President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, at the funeral of Olympic legend, Anton Geesink who a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964.

As president of the European Olympic Committees, Hickey is one of the most powerful figures within the Olympic movement and in his presidential address which was read last night by First Vice President, Willie O’Brien, said relationships between the OCI and the 2012 London organisers are superb.