Conor McGregor on €1 coin

deadybai · 13-01-2016 2:48pm #1

http://www.rte.ie/sport/mma/2016/0113/759779-oireachtas-to-consider-putting-mcgregor-on-1-coin/

A petition to have Conor McGregor's image featured on the €1 coin will today be considered at the Oireachtas.
UFC superstar McGregor has had another sensational year, claiming the featherweight title after his explosive 13-second knockout victory over Jose Aldo in December and aiming to now become the first fighter to hold two UFC belts at different weight divisions simultaneously.
It was confirmed on Tuesday night that the Dubliner will take on Rafael Dos Anjos for the lightweight title in March.
A petition to have the fighter appear on the €1 coin was received by the Oireachtas in mid-December and will be discussed by the Public Petitions Committee at Leinster House this afternoon.
Petitions on personal data, cycle lanes, border control, and school access are also on the agenda.

Committee chairman, Pádraig MacLochlainn TD, confirmed: “Our first meeting of 2016 will allow the committee to consider and action a further group of petitions submitted by members of the public.
"We will discuss a petitioner’s request that sports personality Conor McGregor feature on the €1 coin.”
McGregor has become a phenomenon of the sport, with the colourful fighter now a global star after what has been a furious rise to the top.
The 27-year-old tweeted: "It would be a true honour for me to be immortalised on the €1 coin! Thank you to my fans for the petition! Let's go Oireachtas! Vote yes."

Is this a p!ss take or what? Surely if there was a need to change the €1 coin someone else would be more deserving?

Who would you put on the coin?

smash · 13-01-2016 2:49pm

deadybai wrote: »

Who would you put on the coin?

Bosco!

grindle · 13-01-2016 2:50pm

Ryan Tubridy.

The economy would be booming as everybody tries to shift the feckers into eachother's pockets.

Ruu · 13-01-2016 2:50pm

Angela Merkel.

smash · 13-01-2016 2:51pm

Ruu wrote: »

Angela Merkel.

She's already on the old €2 coin

c_man · 13-01-2016 2:51pm

deadybai wrote: »

Who would you put on the coin?

That deer we used to have on the punt. Bring him out of retirement.

biko · 13-01-2016 3:04pm

William Wallace

osarusan · 13-01-2016 3:05pm

This.

MadsL · 13-01-2016 3:05pm

Dustin?

Realt Dearg Sec · 13-01-2016 3:05pm

biko wrote: »

William Wallace

The crazy Irish lad from the movie.

ahnowbrowncow · 13-01-2016 3:06pm

Joan Burton falling into some water

maximoose · 13-01-2016 3:06pm

Jesus. Reading the comments it's hilarious how many people are outraged by an obvious pisstake.

Red21 · 13-01-2016 3:08pm

deadybai wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/sport/mma/2016/0113/759779-oireachtas-to-consider-putting-mcgregor-on-1-coin/

Is this a p!ss take or what? Surely if there was a need to change the €1 coin someone else would be more deserving?

Like who?

mcgregor seems grand, also it would piss off the people who deserve to be pissed off!

TerrorFirmer · 13-01-2016 3:10pm

maximoose wrote: »

Jesus. Reading the comments it's hilarious how many people are outraged by an obvious pisstake.

The story isn't a pisstake? The way it's reported is 100% accurate - the oireachtas will consider the petition submitted to them. It doesn't mean McGregor is going to appear on coins.

Mesrine65 · 13-01-2016 3:12pm

The original five members of The Dubliners.

jonon9 · 13-01-2016 3:12pm

Micheal Collins I hope

13-01-2016 3:12pm

deadybai wrote: »

Is this a p!ss take or what? ..

They'll consider it and decide NO after 10 seconds and lots of chuckling

Junkyard Tom · 13-01-2016 3:14pm

deadybai wrote: »

Is this a p!ss take?

Largely, yes.

Surely if there was a need to change the €1 coin someone else would be more deserving?

Agreed.

Who would you put on the coin?

Len.

me_irl · 13-01-2016 3:15pm

Red21 wrote: »

Like who?

mcgregor seems grand, also it would piss off the people who deserve to be pissed off!

Like someone who achieved something more for Ireland than being good at beating other people up. And, generally, being c*ntish outside of the octagon.

whiskeyman · 13-01-2016 3:15pm

Have a nice embossed picture of decking, a patio heater or an apartment in Bulgaria...

Mr_Muffin · 13-01-2016 3:17pm

€1 coins are for peasants. I don't handle anything less than a crisp €50 note.

riffmongous · 13-01-2016 3:21pm

Is it for every 1€ coin or just a limited edition run of 1000 or something? If it's just a limited run it's still cringe at this point in time, but it could be a nice little earner, charge 100 euro a coin or whatever and make a nice profit off the nuthuggers, they can then sell them on later too if McGregor gets even more famous, everybody wins

Red21 · 13-01-2016 3:32pm

me_irl wrote: »

Like someone who achieved something more for Ireland than being good at beating other people up. And, generally, being c*ntish outside of the octagon.

Sure we're all c**t* outside the octagon! So long as you haven't been locked up or cost the state millions of euro you should be in with a shout.

pickarooney · 13-01-2016 3:34pm

What's a nuthugger?

Mesrine65 · 13-01-2016 3:36pm

pickarooney wrote: »

What's a nuthugger?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/60/1a/e0601a1f66c1a26a3fcc3337870eaae2.jpg

Turtyturd · 13-01-2016 3:36pm

The person who beats McGregor.

valoren · 13-01-2016 3:36pm

The line between Waterford Whsipers/The Onion type articles and serious news articles has grown considerably thinner.

13-01-2016 3:37pm

Bring back the dolphins!

Tabnabs · 13-01-2016 3:40pm

osarusan wrote: »

This.

Or even better, this

The_Banker · 13-01-2016 3:40pm

John Charles McQuaid

This man has been largely forgotten in this Godless ireland.

Mesrine65 · 13-01-2016 3:42pm

The_Banker wrote: »

John Charles McQuaid

This man has been largely forgotten in this Godless ireland.

Blackrock College boy?

Tabnabs · 13-01-2016 3:46pm

The_Banker wrote: »

John Charles McQuaid

This man has been largely forgotten in this Godless ireland.

Thankfully so, what an abomination. :mad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_McQuaid#Handling_of_allegations_of_abuse_against_clergy

mad muffin · 13-01-2016 3:49pm

Baz the lost Muslim.

Palbear · 13-01-2016 3:49pm

my Jewish mate calls him the Archbollox McQuaid
He has a real hang up with the guy. Gets so agitated if you mention the man.
I have to laugh.
Believes he turned boatloads of kids back to Germany during the war.

Can't see him ever getting on a euro coin myself.

the groutch · 13-01-2016 3:53pm

Trent

hairyslug · 13-01-2016 3:55pm

I think I should be on it cause I'm great

diomed · 13-01-2016 4:03pm

Twink (yes it is)
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Westernyelp · 13-01-2016 4:05pm

Ruud Gullit sitting on a shed

gramar · 13-01-2016 4:06pm

Bring back the old 20p coin. The best coin ever.

Hitchens · 13-01-2016 4:11pm

deadybai wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/sport/mma/2016/0113/759779-oireachtas-to-consider-putting-mcgregor-on-1-coin/

Is this a p!ss take or what? Surely if there was a need to change the €1 coin someone else would be more deserving?

Who would you put on the coin?

Maurice Shanahan

electrobanana · 13-01-2016 4:45pm

Cowen just as a reminder to think twice before spending it.

Bosco13 · 13-01-2016 4:47pm

Just be grateful the queen's not on it

fjon · 13-01-2016 5:13pm

I know it's probably not a serious request, but if it was it probably would be thrown out straight away. Commemorative coins can only be €2 coins, I think €1 need to remain the same (unless they have a monarch on them).

Hitchens · 13-01-2016 5:17pm

fjon wrote: »

I know it's probably not a serious request, but if it was it probably would be thrown out straight away. Commemorative coins can only be €2 coins, I think €1 need to remain the same (unless they have a monarch on them).

well he is the King of MMA

Magico Gonzalez · 13-01-2016 5:32pm

Be great in a few years time when everyone is trying to remember who he was.

kazamo · 13-01-2016 5:38pm

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Be great in a few years time when everyone is trying to remember who he was.

Will it take a few years ?

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-01-2016 5:46pm

Katie Taylor

2005 European Amateur Championships Tønsberg, Norway 1st 60 kg
2006 European Amateur Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st 60 kg
2006 World Amateur Championship New Delhi, India 1st 60 kg
2007 European Amateur Championships Vejle, Denmark 1st 60 kg
2008 European Union Amateur Championships Liverpool, England 1st 60 kg
2008 World Amateur Championship Ningbo, People's Republic of China 1st 60 kg
2009 European Union Amateur Championships Pazardzhik, Bulgaria 1st 60 kg
2009 Russian Multi-Nations event St. Petersburg, Russia 1st 60 kg
2009 European Amateur Championships Mykolaiv, Ukraine 1st 60 kg
2010 European Union Amateur Championships Keszthely, Hungary 1st 60 kg
2010 World Amateur Championship Barbados 1st 60 kg
2011 European Union Amateur Championships Katowice, Poland 1st 60 kg
2011 European Amateur Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands 1st 60 kg
2012 World Amateur Championship Qinhuangdao, China 1st 60 kg
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 1st 60 kg
2013 European Union Amateur Championships Keszthely, Hungary 1st 60 kg
2014 European Amateur Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st 60 kg
2014 World Amateur Championship Jeju, South Korea 1st 60 kg
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st 60 kg