Pat Hickey is a servant of the Irish people and friend to all of us, RTE, Fianna Fáil, Denis O'Brien, Fionnan Sheehan, Leo Varadkar, Putin and Pat Rabbitte.

Pat, now aged 71 and infirm, has been smeared, humiliated and arrested in a half naked state for simply trying to make a few bob. Unnamed sources have shown evidence to the Irish Independent of links between the Brazilian Police and Sinn Féin. This conspiracy to destroy the reputation of a good man must be exposed and stopped now.

Pat has had his €800 per day payments stopped and is been given only three meals a day with a very limited menu. This inhumane treatment must stop and Pat Hickey must be flown back to Ireland immediately.