Minister for Sport to return home to discuss Rio ticket fiasco
Sports Minister Shane Ross is to meet with the Attorney General tomorrow to discuss the ticketing scandal which led to the arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio yesterday.
Minister Ross is en route back to Ireland following a dramatic week for Irish sport.
71 year old Pat Hickey is in Hospital in Rio and has temporarily stepped down as OCI President.
Police in Brazil are waiting to speak to Mr Hickey in relation to 3 specific charges surrounding scalping of tickets.
If convicted Mr Hickey could serve up to 7 years in a Brazilian jail.
Journalist Jamil Chade with the Estado newspaper in Brazil, broke the story of Mr Hickey's arrest - he told us how the investigation is proceeding:
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