candidates for the presidency shall be nominated by the federation of the candidate.’



That has generally been taken to mean the home federation of the candidate, but at the end of July – after he had lost Cycling Ireland’s nomination and was weeks away from the Swiss backing of him being rescinded – McQuaid claimed that any federation of which the candidate was a member could nominate them.



He said at that point – and for the first time in the current election – that he was a member of ‘six or seven’ federations and that the Moroccan and Thai federations had also nominated him.



The five federations said that they were concerned at the question marks over this aspect.



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On this admission, the patient underwent an open cholecystectomy due to multiple adhesions caused by the previous operation, an on table cholangiogram and intraoperative common bile duct exploration. No evidence of persistent choledoholithiasis was found during on table cholangiogram. A drain was left at the Morison\'s