Olympic delegation will travel without security personnel

THE Irish Olympic delegation travelling to Athens next month will not be employing any security personnel additional to that provided by Greek authorities.

Olympic Council of Ireland chiefs and senior gardaí are satisfied with the security for competitors having attended a high level meeting on the issue last month.

“Members of the gardaí attended a security conference last month along with Pat Hickey where they heard a briefing from the organising committee on the security in place,” OCI spokesperson Jack McGouran said yesterday. “The gardaí were very happy with the response from that meeting.