Former Tánaiste and Labour party leader Eamon Gilmore has called on the Government to conduct a statutory inquiry into the current Olympic ticket touting scandal.
Mr Gilmore has made the call after a number high profile figures have become involved in the ongoing scandal, including Kevin Mallon who is due before the courts in Rio tomorrow.
Mr Mallon along with Patrick Hickey are currently being held by police authorities in Brazil in connection with selling tickets on the black market although both deny allegations of wrongdoing.
The former Tánaiste Gilmore says the complicated nature of the situation can’t be avoided: “Shane Ross’ approach to it has been very incremental, I mean the initial request was can I put someone in on the OCI inquiry and then he comes back and asks the AG and we have this non-statutory inquiry.”
“Sometimes of course a non-statutory inquiry does lead to a statutory inquiry, but I think the issue has now developed to an extent that I think have the inquiry and get to the bottom of what happened here.”