IRELAND’S Prime Minister slammed Conor McGregor following his St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump, saying the sportsman does not represent Ireland.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin snapped back at the mixed martial artist after the US President branded the shamed fighter his “favorite Irishman”.
Conor McGregor meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House[/caption]
The shamed mixed martial arts fighter claimed ‘Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness’[/caption]
Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin (meeting Donald Trump last week) slammed Conor McGregors White House rant[/caption]
McGregor made a surprise appearance at The White House for an Oval Office meeting and a press conference where he launched an attack on immigration.
He claimed “Ireland is on the cusp of losing its Irishness” due to the “illegal immigration racket”.
The controversial fighter lashed out at his government and claimed the current administration of “zero action with zero accountability”.
Ireland’s Prime Minister slammed the shamed sportsman’s White House rant.
The leader wrote on X: “Conor McGregor’s remarks are wrong, and do not reflect the spirit of St Patrick’s Day, or the views of the people of Ireland.”
Ireland’s Deputy premiere Simon Harris distanced the government from McGregors controversial remarks.
Harris said: “But let me be very clear, Conor McGregor is not here in the United States representing Ireland or the people of Ireland. He’s here in a personal capacity.
“He doesn’t speak for Ireland. He doesn’t speak for the people of Ireland. He has no mandate to do such.
“My views on him are very clear, well established, previously articulated, long standing and on the public record.”
McGregor has previously made his future ambitions to run for Ireland’s top job clear.
Harris added that he believed McGregor should not become Ireland’s next leader.
The deputy prime minister added: “I think it’s always better for elections to be decided, obviously, by those who live in a country, and by the people of Ireland.
“That’s how our presidential election will be decided.”
McGregor’s invite came just five days after the Taoiseach was welcomed to the White House for a visit with Trump.
SHAMED FIGHTER
McGregor’s meeting with the US president comes less than five months after a civil jury decided he assaulted a woman in a Dublin hotel room in December 2018.
Nikita Hand accused the Irish fighter of “brutally raping and battering” her after a Christmas night out.
McGregor has insisted he will appeal the civil court jury’s verdict as he has always maintained he had consensual sex with Hand.
Mum-of-one Hand sued both McGregor and a man called James Lawrence, alleging the pair both took part in the hotel penthouse assault.
The jury of eight women and four men found McGregor had assaulted Ms Hand but she lost her case against Lawrence.
McGregor at the White House briefing room with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt[/caption]
The Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, Simon Harris, said McGregor ‘has no mandate’ to speak for Ireland[/caption]
