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Olympic Council fella Pat Hickey Arrested in Rio

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  • #62
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    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
    lawred2 wrote: »
    pfffft

    not being informed is your problem I'm afraid
    dixiefly wrote: »
    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.:)

    So it IS ok to just dump news articles in AH without any context, explanation or opinion. Right, the charter is obviously wrong.


  • #63
    Alive1
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭Alive1


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    I wonder is he innocent until proven guilty ?

    Sadly, it is a fact that many involved in sport in Ireland have been aware of the Hickey family for some and their tie up with Evans , Collins and others.
    He is as innocent as CJ Haughey was!


  • #64
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Oh :(

    Well I don't care what you say, I enjoyed future husband & wife 'Trott & Kenny' kissing and cuddling after their fantastic wins in the Velodrome, so there, I felt good.


    Great stuff, I'm sure the rest of country didn't give a toss about it.


  • #65
    keno-daytrader
    Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭keno-daytrader


    superfurry1 wrote: »
    This is more great news for Lord Ross as he can extend his Olympic Holidays for as long as he likes, better for everyone if they took him away too.

    Pat, how are you able to post from police custody?

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  • #66
    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,787 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    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


    And he has taken to the sick bed :D

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #67
    dixiefly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    Keyla Incalculable Plumbing wrote: »
    So it IS ok to just dump news articles in AH without any context, explanation or opinion. Right, the charter is obviously wrong.

    I think in this case yes but just to help you along I'll send you on some homework.


  • #68
    Shuttle666
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Shuttle666


    According to Brazilian newspaper Estadao, Hickey, also President of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), was arrested this morning at his hotel here in Rio.

    The 71-year-old was also reportedly taken to hospital after being taken ill at the time he got arrested.


  • #69
    livedadream
    Registered Users Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭livedadream


    Keyla Incalculable Plumbing wrote: »
    So it IS ok to just dump news articles in AH without any context, explanation or opinion. Right, the charter is obviously wrong.

    jesus who gives a siht!!

    click the link to read it or dont... no one cares, anyone who has picked up a paper, listened to the radio or is sentient at the moment knows whats going on in Rio.

    he was arrested, reason not released by Brazilian coppers yet.

    press conference at 1:30pm irish time.

    commentators are linking it to the ticket scalping over there.


  • #70
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Its great news, especially as Hickey has anointed John Delaney as his successor at the OCI in 2020. That appointment will get brought forward now and we will finally see Delaney gone from the FAI. Every cloud and all that.....


  • #71
    Dyr
    Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Gas stuff, Bet Hickey isn't giving Minister Ross the oul bodyswerve now

    "please meeeet meee!!"

    As Shane high tails it ta f**k outta dodge on an air corps jet


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  • #72
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    Can't say I feel one bit sorry for him. Corrupt twat.


  • #73
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Some bhoy
    Police say Mr Hickey, who also heads the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), tried to escape when they came for him.
    They say he slid his Olympic pass under the door when police came knocking and fled into the adjacent hotel room, where his son had been staying until recently.
    After he was arrested he was taken ill and received medical attention, reports say.

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


  • #74
    Westernyelp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,371 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    smash wrote:
    Good for you. I'm not the only person to not know who he is or what's been going on with him.


    Walk away chief


  • #75
    Alive1
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭Alive1


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Its great news, especially as Hickey as annointed John Delaney as his successor at the OCI in 2020. That appointment will get brought forward now and we will finally see Delaney gone from the FAI. Every cloud and all that.....
    Presuming Delaney is not involved.
    PRO 10 are a predominantly soccer agency and have never sold a ticket in their existence , and Marcus Evans who has a warrant out on him by the Brazilians made his fortune as a ticket scalper and is/was the owner of Ipswich Town FC.
    Lots of soccer involvement in this scandal.


  • #76
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    What a ****ing embarrassment for the country.


  • #77
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    BobBobBobBob wrote: »
    I hope he rots in jail!!!

    A lot of hate being expressed here. We actually don't know what happened about those tickets. Furthermore, there is zero evidence to date that Pat Hickey was involved in anything corrupt.

    So, we are supposed to be a Republic, with values such as 'innocent until proven guilty'.

    How about not being this mans judge, jury and executioner just yet. I am sure he has a very worried family and children.


  • #78
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,699 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Great Olympics all round really

    One for the ages.


  • #79
    SOPHIE THE DOG
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭SOPHIE THE DOG


    I had better remember not cross Shane Ross........


  • #80
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    My wife was asking me what the whole story about this was and why the OCI were apparently "stonewalling" the government. I told her it's probably because the OCI has been found out running a scam and has probably been doing it for years.

    To be fair, it's not an Irish thing. Sporting organisations have flown under the radar for years because they were largely considered somewhat altruistic and benign small players.

    FIFA was just the tip of the iceberg; the amount of money flowing through these organisations has drawn corrupt people to them for years and they've been getting away with murder. Probably literally in some cases.

    Interesting to see who else gets implicated in this mess. Will it drag down other organisations like the FAI?


  • #81
    madalig12
    Registered Users Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭madalig12


    LorMal wrote: »
    A lot of hate being expressed here. We actually don't know what happened about those tickets. Furthermore, there is zero evidence to date that Pat Hickey was involved in anything corrupt.

    So, we are supposed to be a Republic, with values such as 'innocent until proven guilty'.

    How about not being this mans judge, jury and executioner just yet. I am sure he has a very worried family and children.

    You think the police in Brazil arrested him due to having zero evidence??


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  • #82
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Its great news, especially as Hickey has anointed John Delaney as his successor at the OCI in 2020. That appointment will get brought forward now and we will finally see Delaney gone from the FAI. Every cloud and all that.....

    Is that how they are chosen? Hand picked by the one leaving the job?


  • #83
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    I wonder is he innocent until proven guilty ?

    Of course he is but lets just say he has form regarding corruption in the IOC

    http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1011164/hickey-dismisses-rio-2016-ticket-corruption-allegations-from-romario

    http://middleeasttransparent.com/en/the-iocs-pat-hickey-the-mafia/


  • #84
    keno-daytrader
    Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭keno-daytrader


    LorMal wrote: »
    A lot of hate being expressed here. We actually don't know what happened about those tickets. Furthermore, there is zero evidence to date that Pat Hickey was involved in anything corrupt.

    So, we are supposed to be a Republic, with values such as 'innocent until proven guilty'.

    How about not being this mans judge, jury and executioner just yet. I am sure he has a very worried family and children.

    This is AH, high horses not allowed here. :D

    ☀️ 6.72kWp ⚡2.52kWp south, ⚡4.20kWp west



  • #85
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    madalig12 wrote: »
    You think the police in Brazil arrested him due to having zero evidence??

    Very possibly - as part of an investigation. You don't know, I don't know. Not every Irish person who has been arrested abroad is guilty (as we know all too well)


  • #86
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    keno-daytrader wrote: »
    This is AH, high horses not allowed here. :D

    You a mod?


  • #87
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    I have a feeling most people in Ireland really don't give a fiddlers either way how well the british team are doing.It's not really anything that we should feel good about.

    Not a fiddlers indeed. Of course we can learn about focusing money on certain events such as cycling or rowing if getting more medals is our aim. We won't hear about Laura Trott or her partner again for another 4 years at least so they are of no benefit to Irish people.


  • #88
    keno-daytrader
    Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭keno-daytrader


    LorMal wrote: »
    You a mod?

    no, but having fun in AH is what AH is about :D:D

    Relax my friend :eek:

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  • #89
    foggy_lad
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    Damien360 wrote: »
    I wonder will the Brazilian judges accept "I'm feeling sick like our guys do"
    Further reports online have suggested that moments after his arrest Hickey complained of feeling ill and has been taken to a local hospital.
    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/live-olympic-council-of-ireland-president-pat-hickey-arrested-in-brazil-750161.html

    Floppybits wrote: »
    Ross must be wetting himself laughing.
    If he has any sense he will be on a flight home now before Hickey starts naming manes of everyone he knows(whether involved or not) to get himself out of the sh1t.


  • #90
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    LorMal wrote: »
    A lot of hate being expressed here. We actually don't know what happened about those tickets. Furthermore, there is zero evidence to date that Pat Hickey was involved in anything corrupt.

    So, we are supposed to be a Republic, with values such as 'innocent until proven guilty'.

    How about not being this mans judge, jury and executioner just yet. I am sure he has a very worried family and children.

    He wasn't arrested in Ireland. And are you saying that you know better than the Brazilian authorities?


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  • #91
    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,699 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    He could do an Irish style Ronnie Biggs.


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