Conor McGregor Megathread *Mod Warning in OP Updated 20th April*

This isn't about him wanting to be president. He knows he won't be able to run. It's all publicity.

Conor is the gift that keeps on giving for the main politicians and the establishment in Ireland, he hasn't a hope in hell of becoming president yet gains heaps of media attention thus keeping any heat off the government and it's policies.

Talking of policies, McGregor has zero economic policies as he doesn't appear to have the intellect to understand why we have a lack of housing, which is actually the fault of neo liberalist policies but he doesn't appear to understand that so it's far easier for him to blame migrants and also the type of people who would or should be out in the streets causing disruption for the government are actually out harassing migrants and protesting about migrant centres.

He is the Pied Piper of our times leading his mob in the wrong direction and blaming the wrong people for the countries ills.

"The Gardai traffic coup are terrorizing people?"- Were the Gardai in the wrong for continually catching you doing dangerously driving at excessive speeds?

I wouldn't mind but the Garda Traffic Corp are noticeably absent on a lot of major roads in my experience; and that's a hangover from the last recession.

Short answer, no.

Presidential elections

The President of Ireland is elected by the people of Ireland.

Every citizen who has the right to vote for members of Dáil Éireann also has the right to vote in Presidential elections and any citizen over the age of 35 can seek nomination as a candidate in such elections.

In order to be considered a candidate, a person over the age of 35 must be nominated by at least 20 members of Dáil or Seanad Éireann, or no less than four administrative counties (County Councils). Former or retiring Presidents may become candidates on their own nomination.

The candidate who has won the presidential election becomes President of Ireland by publicly making the oath set out in Bunreacht na hÉireann.

The President is inaugurated in St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle and makes the declaration in the presence of members of both Houses of the Oireachtas, the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court and other public persons.

Didn't know where to put this and maybe it's a bit off-topic but Dr. Joseph Chikelue Obi has, according to this link (not sure how reliable), decided to enter the race.

https://www.lobbying.ie/return/122530/professor-doctor-joseph-chikelue-obi---black-irish-politician--presidential-election-candidate--and-independent-political-lobbyist-for-a-united-island-of-ireland

In order to be considered a candidate, a person over the age of 35 must be nominated by at least 20 members of Dáil or Seanad Éireann, or no less than four administrative counties (County Councils). Former or retiring Presidents may become candidates on their own nomination.

That's very interesting. Didn't know that.. Thanks.. Yeah, he ain't getting a nomination. Time for him to move to the US and get a job in The White House. They have LOADS of his type

Wait…. are you trying to claim McGregor is working for the government as a kind of false flag operative?

I refuse to watch the "interview" but reading the Journals fact check he seems very oddly focused on the garda traffic unit and seems to be making some wild claims about their involvement in the problems irish society is facing in his opinion.

McGregor further angering the Freemasons

Freemasons' Hall used for video depicting sex acts with character resembling British Queen https://jrnl.ie/6684535

Real "familyman" stuff