#rio-de-janeiro

Brazilian Olympic Committee President arrested over vote-buying scheme to bring games to Rio

Oct 5th 2017, 9:54 PM 8,987 0

#RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio nightlife is suffering due to surge in robberies

Aug 12th 2017, 1:00 PM 18,975 20

#BRAZIL
British tourist shot after her family accidentally drove into Brazilian favela

Aug 7th 2017, 6:09 PM 48,678 37

#RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil's president has been charged with bribery in the 'car wash' scandal

Jun 27th 2017, 7:05 AM 10,582 10

#TALKIN BOUT THE CAR WASH
20 people injured in Rio carnival float crash

Feb 27th 2017, 3:33 PM 9,354 3

#CARNIVAL
Confirmed! Jose Aldo will fight Max Holloway for the title stripped from Conor McGregor

Feb 12th 2017, 12:42 PM 8,997 16

#OFFICIAL
Rio tickets scandal: Kevin Mallon home in Ireland for Christmas

Dec 23rd 2016, 1:57 PM 8,309 0

#BRAZIL
Kevin Mallon set to follow Pat Hickey and return home to Ireland

Dec 21st 2016, 9:30 AM 5,528 0

#RIO TICKETS
Pat Hickey is finally on his way back to Ireland

Dec 15th 2016, 8:08 AM 11,013 0

#WAY BACK HOME
Pat Hickey has his passport back and may be on his way to Ireland

Dec 14th 2016, 3:15 PM 6,855 0

#HOME FROM RIO
Pat Hickey could get his passport back today - paving the way for a return to Ireland

Dec 9th 2016, 8:00 AM 6,011 0

#RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio police rely on toilet paper donations due to cuts in funding

Nov 27th 2016, 8:00 AM 6,960 4

#BRAZIL
Four die after police helicopter 'shot down' over Rio's infamous 'City of God' slum

Nov 20th 2016, 11:42 AM 15,528 6

#BRAZIL
Pat Hickey 'in good spirits' as his lawyer confirms €410,000 bond money will be deposited

Nov 18th 2016, 4:37 PM 19,638 0

#ON A JET PLANE
Pat Hickey still in Rio as OCI prepares for release of report

Oct 28th 2016, 8:05 AM 11,664 0

#OLYMPICS
European Olympic Council expresses its "strong support" and "warmest wishes" for Pat Hickey

Oct 21st 2016, 5:36 PM 18,073 0

#MINSK
Three OCI officials return to Ireland after Rio police hand back their passports

Sep 15th 2016, 9:59 PM 21,655 0

#RIO SCANDAL
OCI to take one month to review how it's governed in wake of ticket scandal

Sep 9th 2016, 8:01 PM 9,453 0

#RIO TICKETS
Judge recommends house arrest for Pat Hickey due to his health

Aug 29th 2016, 6:10 PM 20,957 0

#RIO DE JANEIRO
OCI'S Kevin Kilty and Stephen Martin wear Team Ireland kits as they leave Rio police station

Aug 25th 2016, 10:31 PM 36,184 0

#BRAZIL
Romario declares himself satisfied with action on what he terms the 'ticket mafia'

Aug 22nd 2016, 9:18 PM 46,168 0

#TICKET TOUTING
'The world and their mother are happy for them': O'Donovan family on historic Olympic win

Aug 15th 2016, 3:06 PM 32,302 23

#SKIBBEREEN
Padraig Harrington: 'There were a lot of sheep... they kept just following each other out the door'

Aug 11th 2016, 8:22 PM 33,769 44

#RIO 2016
Rio Olympics: Thieves are using old tricks to steal from tourists

Aug 10th 2016, 6:03 AM 48,216 32

#DISTRACTION
Russia denies one of its diplomats involved in incident in Rio which saw mugger shot dead

Aug 5th 2016, 7:57 AM 11,360 22

#BRAZIL
Ireland’s Olympic scandal: From medal dreams to a failed drugs test

Aug 4th 2016, 9:37 PM 37,638 9

#RIO 2016
Riot police disperse protesters with tear gas as Olympic torch-bearer moons crowd in Rio

Aug 4th 2016, 8:47 AM 27,479 14

#CARRYING A TORCH
Zika, crime waves and political unrest - What's the truth about what Irish fans will face in Rio?

Aug 4th 2016, 6:04 AM 13,950 20

#EXPLAINER
'You want to go to college in September? You'll be going back with no hair but don't worry about that.'

Aug 2nd 2016, 5:13 PM 5,799 3

#KEEP PADDLING
Olympics opening ceremony axes bizarre scene involving staged mugging of supermodel

Aug 2nd 2016, 8:39 AM 31,571 19

#GISELE BUNDCHEN
'We're hoping for the best but preparing for the worst' - Ireland's sailors on the polluted Rio waters

Aug 1st 2016, 9:30 PM 3,979 0

#KNOWING THE ROPES
John Twomey: Ireland's flag bearer will be competing at his 11th (!) Paralympic Games

Jul 19th 2016, 4:23 PM 10,405 7

#PLAIN SAILING
Rio drug dealers have been using the Olympics logo on products

Jul 3rd 2016, 12:00 PM 16,167 20

#RIO
Rory isn't willing to take the risk, but just how big a problem is the Zika virus?

Jun 22nd 2016, 2:53 PM 20,614 59

#BIRTH DEFECTS
Brazil Olympics to go ahead despite warnings it will mean avoidable births of malformed babies

May 12th 2016, 7:36 AM 20,497 19

#RIO DE JANEIRO
Blow for Olympic host city as two die when bike path collapses into sea

Apr 22nd 2016, 8:06 AM 24,724 8

#RIO DE JANEIRO
Usain Bolt mulls Rio retirement segue

Aug 28th 2015, 8:48 PM 8,829 1

#FUTURE PLANS
Rio's waters are so full of human poo that 2016 Olympians risk becoming violently ill

Jul 30th 2015, 8:01 PM 23,515 35

#RI-OH NO
Four police killed as Rio struggles to curb violence before Olympics

Feb 23rd 2015, 10:00 AM 11,559 11

#BRAZIL
Woman breaks up with fiancé after secretly filming him abusing her dogs

Feb 10th 2015, 4:45 PM 6,534 4

#BRAZIL