Conor McGregor has hinted he may consider running to be the next Irish president in 2025, whilst also criticising his potential rivals for the Aras an Uachtarain, House of the President.
He also suggested he would privately fund weekly votes in order to ensure accountability, and stated: “It would not be me in power as President, people of Ireland. It would be me and you.”
Coming to X/Twitter, Mr McGregor analysed the “potential competition”, if he runs for election.
In the post, he refers to the former head of the Irish government, Bertie Ahern and Enda Kenny, as well as former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams.
The post reads: Gerry, 78. Bertie. 75. Enda, 74,”
However, all three ages are incorrect as Mr Adams is 75 and Mr Ahern and Mr Kenny are both 72.
Potential competition if I run. Gerry, 78. Bertie. 75. Enda, 74. Each with unbreakable ties to their individual parties politics. Regardless of what the public outside of their parties feel. These parties govern themselves vs govern the people. Or me, 35. Young, active,… pic.twitter.com/HiLn3jAQ2e
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 4, 2023
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The UFC star has been engaged in controversial political discourse over the last few weeks, particularly surrounding the Dublin riots that followed the stabbing of three children and a carer in the city.
He is reportedly under investigation by Irish police as part of a wider probe into the alleged spread of online hate speech around those riots. McGregor later wrote that he did not condone the riots.