Conor McGregor announces to run for President in Ireland

Former UFC Champion Conor McGregor has announced to run for Ireland Presidency after meeting US President Donald Trump.

The MMA Fighter revealed his plans in an Instagram post, where he can be seen standing in front of a private jet wearing Make Ireland Great Again cap.

On Instagram, McGregor wrote: ‘Ireland must fully implement the EU Migration Pact by June 12, 2026.

‘So between now and 12 June 2026, several pieces of legislation have to be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas & then signed by the President.

‘The next presidential election must take place by 11 Nov 2025. Who else will stand up to Government and oppose this bill?

‘Any other Presidential candidate they attempt to put forward will be of no resistance to them. I will!

‘For clarity also, as President, I would put forth this bill to referendum.

 

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‘Although I oppose greatly this pact, it is neither mine nor governments choice to make. It is the people of Irelands choice! Always! That is a true democracy!’

Moreover, in a post on X today (Friday) he wrote , McGregor posted on X: ‘Ireland, the choice is yours and it is an easy one. Vote for me as your President and we will SAVE IRELAND TOGETHER!’

On Monday ahead of a presser with President Trump, the told audience that Ireland was close to ‘potentially losing its Irishness’, laying into Irish government as an administration of ‘zero action with zero accountability’.

His invitation to the White House came after Trump singled out the athlete as one of his favourite Irish people.

 

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The pair posed for photos, clasping hands, and shared light comments in front of a map of the Gulf of Mexico, labelled as the Gulf of America, in the Oval Office.