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Pat Hickey was charged with criminal offences on Septmeber 6th, 2016.
Timeline: Olympic ticket controversy

2009: July 9th: Email from Marcus Evans to Patrick Hickey refers to a recent earlier dinner and a proposal that Marcus Evans Ltd. become the ticket (...)

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach did not attend the opening of the Paralympics. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
IOC promises to co-operate with Brazil’s ticket investigation
  • World
  • September 7, 2016

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to co-operate with Brazilian authorities investigating alleged ticket touting during Rio 2016. (...)

Kevin Mallon arrives at a Brazilian police station to give a statement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 5th, regarding Olympic Games tickets. Photograph: Marcelo Sayão/EPA
Rio police to name new Irish suspect in OCI ticketing affair

Brazilian police say they expect to name at least one more Irish person as involved in the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) ticketing affair at the R(...)

Finn Lynch on his way to winning the Irish mens’ Laser nomination in Mexico in May, 2016
Mother of Irish Olympian had to buy tickets from Norwegian website

The mother of one of the members of the Irish Olympic team had to buy her tickets for the opening ceremony from a Norwegian website. Grainne Adams, m(...)

Olympic tickets: Pat Hickey at a Team Ireland briefing. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Pat Hickey and the Olympic ticket trail

As the Irish delegation entered the Maracanã for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, two weeks ago, the stadium’s big screens flashed up images(...)

Tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games marked with the name of the Olympic Committee of Ireland. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Olympic tickets row: Inquiry powerless to compel witnesses

The Government is to establish a three-month inquiry into the Olympics ticket touting controversy but it will not have the power to compel witnesses o(...)

Police in Brazil say they want to arrest a second Irish man as part of their investigation into the alleged touting controversy involving Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) tickets for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Tasso Marcelo/AFP/Getty Images.
Brazilian police seek second Irish man over Olympics tickets

Police in Brazil say they want to arrest a second Irish man as part of their investigation into the alleged touting controversy involving Olympic Coun(...)