FAI boss Delaney sues Journal over Rio ticketing coverage

TheJournal.ie joins the Irish Examiner, website Joe.ie, and Perform Media Sales

FAI chief executive John Delaney

The online publication TheJournal.ie is the fourth news outlet to be sued by FAI chief executive John Delaney over coverage of the Olympic ticket touting controversy last summer.

Delaney has already lodged defamation proceedings against the Irish Examiner, website Joe.ie, and Perform Media Sales, which owns Goal.com.

Last August, following the arrest in a Rio de Janeiro hotel of Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey, Brazilian police investigating alleged ticket touting ...