The organisation received the highest allocation of funding earmarked for 17 different sports bodies.

Last year, €300,000 of government funding was withheld.

Pat Hickey and other key figures were criticised for not cooperating with Rio ticketing probe.

Conor Lyne was flag-bearer at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.

The decision to restore the funding was announced by Sports Minister Shane Ross yesterday.

And Hockey Ireland has received a separate allocation of funding for its men’s national team.

Dr Stephen Martin has decided to pursue other career interests.

In August it emerged that the OCI was locked into a “pretty watertight” contract with THG.

The Olympic Council of Ireland is locked into a contract with the company at centre of Rio ticketing scandal until 2026.

Minister for Sport Shane Ross has said Irish athletes were treated ‘shambolically’ in terms of ticket allocation.

During the Games, there were numerous reports of desperate family members of athletes having to go to other countries in order to secure tickets for events.

Sarah Keane has been tasked with bringing the Olympic Council of Ireland out of the crisis it currently finds itself in and rebuilding the organisation’s plummeting credibility.

Sarah Keane was elected as president of the OCI last Thursday.

Bernard O’Byrne has attacked the lack of transparency and openness before tomorrow’s ballot.

The 71-year-old formally left his role today.

Kevin Mallon may have his back by the end of the week.

Hickey has been detained in Brazil since August.

The Moran Inquiry is looking at the Olympics ticketing scandal.

As another member steps down, there are calls for it to be replaced.

The report into the governance of the OCI will be published soon.

On Friday night Hickey, who has temporarily stepped aside as President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, was charged with criminal organisation, ticket touting, ambush marketing, larceny, money laundering, and tax evasion.

Rio police are seeking the arrest of OCI sports director Martin Burke, though he is not named on the same charges as Pat Hickey and Kevin Mallon.

A solicitor for the family of Pat Hickey said his family are struggling with the case.

Anne Marie James says that the former Olympic executive has already been denied a fair trial.

It is not yet known on which sports the boxers had placed the bets.

Meanwhile, a Brazilian police commissioner said he does not object to the former OCI boss being put under house arrest.

The “weekly” emails date back to 2010. Rio police also told TheJournal.ie that they want to establish if FAI chief John Delaney was involved in the OCI’s sale of Rio tickets.

The body’s executive committee met last night for the first time since the scandal broke.

The Olympic Council of Ireland will meet this weekend for the first time to discuss Rio ticket scandal

A retired judge will lead the inquiry into the Olympic ticket-touting scandal, but will be unable to compel witnesses.

Minister Ross said last week that he was “not happy” about what had transpired and wanted answers.

The Olympic Council of Ireland says there was no impropriety whatsoever from anyone dealing with tickets for the Rio Games.

The OCI President is under increasing pressure.

Would you be willing to pay over the odds to get to the events you want to go to?

It has been a good week for Hockey Ireland.