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Olympic Council fella Pat Hickey Arrested in Rio

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  • #2
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,595 ✭✭✭Damien360


    I wonder will the Brazilian judges accept "I'm feeling sick like our guys do"


  • #3
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    I'm sure it's all just a very, very unfortunate misunderstanding


  • #4
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    That's great OP. So who is this guy and what's your opinion on the matter?

    Any context into your post or am I expected to do all the work myself? :eek:


  • #5
    GreatDefector
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 540 ✭✭✭GreatDefector


    Keyla Incalculable Plumbing wrote: »
    That's great OP. So who is this guy and what's your opinion on the matter?

    Any context into your post or am I expected to do all the work myself? :eek:

    in fairness, unless you've been away, or living under a rock....

    It's this little thing called the Olympics. You might have heard of it


  • #6
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Keyla Incalculable Plumbing wrote: »
    That's great OP. So who is this guy and what's your opinion on the matter?

    Any context into your post or am I expected to do all the work myself? :eek:

    pfffft

    not being informed is your problem I'm afraid


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  • #7
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭emo72


    I think the Olympics has taken a terrible knocking for us. I have no interest in it anymore. Even poor Annalise, we should be celebrating her today. Corrupt bastids ruining it for everyone.


  • #8
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    im sure the mental health excuse will be used like all the rest of the golden circle

    this shambles wont be forgotten in a hurry


  • #9
    Satriale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭Satriale


    I'd be sick too at the thought of a Brazilian Jail.


  • #10
    Art Deko
    Registered Users Posts: 892 ✭✭✭Art Deko


    "The money from those Tickets was just Resting in my account"


  • #11
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    GreatDefector wrote: »
    in fairness, unless you've been away, or living under a rock....

    It's this little thing called the Olympics. You might have heard of it

    And what about the article itself?

    Guy arrested!!! For what? Backstory? theory? Anything....


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  • #12
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,610 ✭✭✭eigrod


    BBC reporting Police said he tried to escape when they came for him :D

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    eigrod wrote: »
    BBC reporting Police said he tried to escape when they came for him :D

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450

    Great Olympics all round really


  • #14
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    eigrod wrote: »
    BBC reporting Police said he tried to escape when they came for him :D

    Bad boys, bad boys,
    watcha gonna do,
    watcha gonna do,
    when they come for you?


  • #15
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,155 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    The money was just resting in my account? :)


  • #16
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    eigrod wrote: »
    BBC reporting Police said he tried to escape when they came for him :D

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450
    Right. So he's suspected of illegally passing on tickets then. Why the hell didn't Breaking News say that?


  • #17
    BrianBoru00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭BrianBoru00


    Bet he's sorry he was so rude to Shane Ross now . .


  • #18
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    LordSutch wrote: »
    There's at least tweo other threads running with this story.....

    Olympic Tickets.
    Olympic megathread.

    Megathreads will be the death of boards.


  • #19
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    Dee-f*cking-lighted


  • #20
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,610 ✭✭✭eigrod


    He should get a Mr. V. Putin as his lawyer and he'll be grand.


  • #21
    dixiefly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    Keyla Incalculable Plumbing wrote: »
    That's great OP. So who is this guy and what's your opinion on the matter?

    Any context into your post or am I expected to do all the work myself? :eek:

    Yes, I am just passing on the information.

    I am not going to spoon feed you. If you dont know who Pat Hickey is then this is of no interest to you. If you dont want to "do all the work" then dont. I couldn't care less.:)


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  • #22
    Arsemageddon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Arsemageddon


    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    Dee-f*cking-lighted

    Yep, that sums it up nicely.


  • #23
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Absolutely delightful news. Particularly since the arrogant gobshyte, had the gall to reject any independent contribution to investigate the embarrassing ticket debacle.


  • #24
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    I bet he's a bit more humble when he rings the consulate looking for assistance!


  • #25
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    funny how other countries deem situations like this worrying enough to warrant criminal investigations...


  • #26
    Floppybits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭Floppybits


    Ross must be wetting himself laughing.


  • #27
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    stimpson wrote: »
    I bet he's a bit more humble when he rings the consulate looking for assistance!

    hope they refuse him like he refuses others


  • #28
    AndyBoBandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,721 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    2 likely scenarios

    It's all true (this being Ireland, most likely is (tickets, touts etc...)

    or it's all an elaborate cold war ploy by the Russians to deflect away from their 1. state sponsored doping & 2. where the doping can't have any effect, their buying off of judges across all the various sports.

    Maybe a little from from column A?, and maybe a little from column B?


  • #29
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,654 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    stimpson wrote: »
    I bet he's a bit more humble when he rings the consulate looking for assistance!

    If I was Shane Ross, I would make it my business to answer that call personally, and laugh down the line.


  • #30
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,629 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    eigrod wrote: »
    BBC reporting Police said he tried to escape when they came for him :D

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37107450

    ... this man promptly esacped from Barazilian custody to the Rio De Jeinero underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #31
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Floppybits wrote: »
    Ross must be wetting himself laughing.

    Laughing is not quiet the word I would use....:pac:


  • #32
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    When I first read the headline about Pat Hickey I thought Waterford Whispers were having some fun :pac:


  • #33
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,457 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    2 likely scenarios

    It's all true (this being Ireland, most likely is (tickets, touts etc...)

    or it's all an elaborate cold war ploy by the Russians to deflect away from their 1. state sponsored doping & 2. where the doping can't have any effect, their buying off of judges across all the various sports.

    Maybe a little from from column A?, and maybe a little from column B?

    no


  • #34
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    smash wrote: »
    And what about the article itself?

    Guy arrested!!! For what? Backstory? theory? Anything....

    It would have taken you less time to click the link than to type out the above.


  • #35
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    What is it about bosses of sporting organisations? So many of them are dodgy, mediocre middle-aged/elderly men with a massive excess of confidence and little else. Absolutely delighted to hear this.


  • #36
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    ... this man promptly esacped from Barazilian custody to the Rio De Jeinero underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you need tickets, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...

    FYP :pac:


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  • #37
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    emo72 wrote: »
    I think the Olympics has taken a terrible knocking for us. I have no interest in it anymore. Even poor Annalise, we should be celebrating her today. Corrupt bastids ruining it for everyone.

    Indeed. The circus that has surrounded Ireland at the Olympics is overshadowing all the good things.


  • #38
    jimd2
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭jimd2


    stimpson wrote: »
    I bet he's a bit more humble when he rings the consulate looking for assistance!

    And didn't he refuse the ambassador accreditation to the Games because the president or Taoiseach were not attending?


  • #39
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    no tribunals in Brazil only hard time


  • #40
    LordSutch
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    mzungu wrote: »
    Indeed. The circus that has surrounded Ireland at the Olympics is overshadowing all the good things.

    You mean like Team GB?
    ...who really have been the feel good team of this games.


  • #41
    livedadream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭livedadream


    it just goes to show i've buried my head int he sand because i love the Olympics but it is like Michael Conlon said last night,

    rotten from the core.


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  • #42
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭nelly17


    Floppybits wrote: »
    Ross must be wetting himself laughing.

    I don't know, its a ****ing embarrassing situation for him to be in


  • #43
    Alive1
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭Alive1


    Delighted.
    His little tie up with Marcus Evans (multi-millionaire ticket scalper) and Pro 10 is falling apart at the seams.
    Hope the crook is held in custody.


  • #44
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    LordSutch wrote: »
    You medan like Team GB?
    ...who really have been the feel good team of this games.

    Well, more the two lads from Cork and Annalise Murphy. While we should be basking in their achievements, this greedy Hickey chap seems to be hogging it all. Although, something tells me he won't be enjoying the attention that comes from this.


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
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    Son Of A Vidic wrote: »
    Laughing is not quiet the word I would use....:pac:

    Maybe NSFW that


  • #46
    jmayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    stimpson wrote: »
    I bet he's a bit more humble when he rings the consulate looking for assistance!

    I hope Ross has told them to take their time going to visit him.

    Me thinks someone has rolled over rather than spend time in Brazilian jail.

    The biggest laugh is that a totally corrupt country are now exposing corruption in Ireland.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • #47
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    mzungu wrote:
    Well, more the two lads from Cork and Annalise Murphy. While we should be basking in their achievements, this greedy Hickey chap seems to be hogging it all. Although, something tells me he won't be enjoying the attention that comes from this.

    Yeah we should be focusing on our athletes and Brazilian authorities should be focusing on body parts washing up.


  • #48
    murpho999
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    smash wrote: »
    And what about the article itself?

    Guy arrested!!! For what? Backstory? theory? Anything....

    Could you not just go to Google/Twitter.

    When I saw thread title of Pat Hickey arrested, I knew it wasn't for a speeding fine or TV Licence.


  • #49
    BobBobBobBob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭BobBobBobBob


    I hope he rots in jail!!!


  • #50
    Floppybits
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    nelly17 wrote: »
    Floppybits wrote: »
    Ross must be wetting himself laughing.

    I don't know, its a ****ing embarrassing situation for him to be in

    It's embarrassing for the Country to be caught up in it, Yes. But there is nothing that Ross could have done to prevent it. He went over there met with Hickey and was promptly told to F*** off by Hickey. Now Hickey has been arrested and will be pleading for Consular assistance now for help.

    Remember Hickey has been President of the Irish Olympic committee since 1989. I would be asking for how long this touting has been going on?


  • #51
    smash
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    kfallon wrote: »
    It would have taken you less time to click the link than to type out the above.

    I did click it. There was no I for regarding the reason behind the arrest.


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