Under-fire firm Pro10 says it ‘abhors’ ticket touting

Pro10 Sports Management, the company appointed as Ireland’s Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) and whose directors are the subject of arrest warrants, has insisted once again that its process for selling tickets was “fully within ATR guidelines”.

Rio police confirmed that it had issued warrants for the arrests of Michael Glynn, Ken Murray, and Eamonn Collins, as part of the investigation into alleged touting of Olympic tickets.

“Pro10 utterly rejects any insinuation that they have been involved in selling tickets at inflated prices, ticket ‘touting’ or ‘scalping’,” it said. “We abhor such practices.