Friday, 18 July 2025

Conor McGregor Announces He’s Running for President of Ireland

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Back in September, UFC champion Conor McGregor hinted at a run for Ireland’s president.

Today, he made it official, announcing his bid for presidency.

Check it out:

At the center of his run for presidency is the immigration issue in Ireland.

In particular, Ireland is set to implement the controversial EU Migration Pact, which is exactly what it sounds like: a pact between European countries to take in migrant ‘refugees.’

McGregor is against the pact and wants to let the people of Ireland choose whether or not they want to accept more migrants into their country.

Read Connor McGregor’s full announcement for his presidential bid here:

Full text of his post:

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.

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!

I would also be curious to hear our government officials reasoning for agreeing with this pact so fervently.

I would love to hear the debates!

Followed then by vote!

This is the future of Ireland with me as President.

All citizens of Ireland to have a voice and a choice on their future!

God bless our people! 🇮🇪🙏

Vote McGregor and have your voice heard!

McGregor also replied to a post about the controversial EU Migration Pact:

Conor McGregor has already earned backing from President Trump and Elon Musk.

He spent time at the White House with President Trump on St. Patrick’s Day.

While at the White House, McGregor called out the illegal immigration crisis in his home country:

A lot of Irish people can agree with McGregor on the illegal immigration problem.

He’s garnering a lot of support online:

However, his chances to actually be nominated and elected as President of Ireland remain to be seen.

Sky News has more insight on this:

“I am the only logical choice. 2025 is coming,” said Conor McGregor in September 2024, appearing to announce his candidacy to be Ireland’s president.

Since then, he has made references to what he would do in power despite it being a largely ceremonial role – asserting that he “would have all the answers the people of Ireland seek from these thieves of the working man, these disrupters of the family unit, these destructors of small businesses”.

He has received endorsements from Elon Musk and Andrew Tate, and just last week US President Donald Trump said McGregor was his favourite Irish man and had “the best tattoos I’ve ever seen”.

Mr Trump even invited him to the White House on St. Patrick’s Daywhere the 36-year-old complained about Ireland’s “illegal immigration racket” – prompting pushback from the country’s prime minister Micheal Martin that McGregor does not “reflect the views of the people of Ireland”.

Despite the US support for McGregor running in the Irish presidential election, just what are his chances of even being nominated?

“Close to zero,” says Gail McElroy, a professor of political science at Trinity College Dublin.

“There’s two hurdles. First, you have to get nominated and then you have to win a majority of the vote.

“Both of those hurdles are almost insurmountable [for McGregor],” she says.

Candidates – no matter if they are an independent or affiliated with a party – must be nominated in one of two ways.

The first is to get the support of 20 members of the Oireachtas – representatives in Ireland’s lower and upper houses of parliament.

The second way is to be nominated by four of Ireland’s 31 local authorities, ie county or city councils.

What do you think?

Would you like to see Conor McGregor on the world stage?

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

View the original article here.


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