The Republic of Ireland had ended up in the cul-de-sac it is in, with desperate gaslighting by the state of anyone offering any criticism of the level of immigration and integration, leading to the sooner or later inevitability of the likes of Mc Gregor playing the populist insurgent because of its most irritating national trait, namely self-righteousness. I spent a lot of my life there and the moralising has always been off the scale. The ROI just couldn’t help itself and had to show the world how it should take in more migrants than it could house or integrate and it inevitably didn’t work. That the state and seemingly much of the commentariat, is now spending so much time trying to associate legitimate concern with opportunistic looting as an arse covering exercise at the failure of their own policies is predictable and pathetic. No, McGregor won’t win, Irish social cohesion won’t be fixed and the state and the usual suspects at the Irish Times will carry on with their fingers in their ears and writing nonsense.
Look, Ireland loves to be ‘holier than thou’ and it’s taken a sharp turn from being more Catholic than the Pope to being more woke than the US Democrats, with whom almost the entire political establishment are affiliated.
So strange that exactly the same fingers-in-the-ears, refusal-to- engage-with-the-electorate disorder should afflict so many nations’ leaderships at once. They can’t seem to help themselves, like junkies.
Andy Iddon
5 months ago
I really want this – Conor is exactly right for Ireland
Peadar Laighléis
5 months ago
I am surprised Conor FitzGerald didn’t draw comparison to Dana Rosemary Scallon, winner of the 1970 Eurovision with a long career in entertainment who set the precedent of being nominated by four local authorities in 1997 (provided by the Constitution but until then it was more typical to be nominated by 20 parliamentary representatives), but and went on and got third place on a socially conservative ticket and then taking a seat in the European Parliament in 1999. That to me would be a better comparison.
However, the presidency of Ireland would be a straight jacket for Conor McGregor and he would react against it sooner rather than later. I don’t know if cutting ribbons and receiving foreign dignitaries is his thing. The political class would probably contrive some excuse to get him out.
The political class need to go, not McGregor – the vote would be the starting gun
Chris Greenhalgh
5 months ago
Conor McGregor is a perfect embodiment of the disconnection that exists between the centrist political parties, their media allies and that portion of the citizenry who are legitimately concerned about the social, economic and cultural impact of large numbers of undocumented illegal immigrants arriving in Ireland.
They also are dubious about the supposed benefits of multiculturalism.
McGregor has tapped into this vein of thinking.
Maybe not him for President but stranger things…
What would be really strange is if the mainstream parties would actually demonstrate enough self-reflection to realise that they are to blame for oddities like MacGregor popping up in the first place.
Dermot O'Sullivan
5 months ago
A sign of the times ( and not a good one) that he is conteplating running. I can just see him whacking Leo’s ministerial merc for all he’s worth.
Kevin Jones
5 months ago
This is pure click bait. McGregor’s coke and steroid fuelled antics have made him detested across much of Ireland, not just by liberals. Just look at the latest polling:
Those polled were also asked if they would vote for former MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who has heavily criticised the Government’s response to the riots, if he ran for public office but just 8 per cent of those polled said they would, whilst 89 per cent say they would not.
So, yeah, I think I will rule him out.
Champagne Socialist
5 months ago
Zero chance.
Right wing extremist clickbait. Have at it boys and girls! We know that you are dumb enough to swallow this kind of nonsense – go ahead, prove me right!
Here’s solace.. a bien-pensant source which however doesn’t investigate the veracity of the claim, but simply parrots this assumption that it’s but a ‘far right’ fringe. (I add that while the Uachtarán na hÉireann position is indeed largely ceremonial, it includes the perk of Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Defence Forces, which might suit Mr McGregor fittingly…) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/opinion/ireland-far-right.html?hpgrp=c-abar&smid=fb-share
The Republic of Ireland had ended up in the cul-de-sac it is in, with desperate gaslighting by the state of anyone offering any criticism of the level of immigration and integration, leading to the sooner or later inevitability of the likes of Mc Gregor playing the populist insurgent because of its most irritating national trait, namely self-righteousness. I spent a lot of my life there and the moralising has always been off the scale. The ROI just couldn’t help itself and had to show the world how it should take in more migrants than it could house or integrate and it inevitably didn’t work. That the state and seemingly much of the commentariat, is now spending so much time trying to associate legitimate concern with opportunistic looting as an arse covering exercise at the failure of their own policies is predictable and pathetic. No, McGregor won’t win, Irish social cohesion won’t be fixed and the state and the usual suspects at the Irish Times will carry on with their fingers in their ears and writing nonsense.
Look, Ireland loves to be ‘holier than thou’ and it’s taken a sharp turn from being more Catholic than the Pope to being more woke than the US Democrats, with whom almost the entire political establishment are affiliated.
So strange that exactly the same fingers-in-the-ears, refusal-to- engage-with-the-electorate disorder should afflict so many nations’ leaderships at once. They can’t seem to help themselves, like junkies.
I really want this – Conor is exactly right for Ireland
I am surprised Conor FitzGerald didn’t draw comparison to Dana Rosemary Scallon, winner of the 1970 Eurovision with a long career in entertainment who set the precedent of being nominated by four local authorities in 1997 (provided by the Constitution but until then it was more typical to be nominated by 20 parliamentary representatives), but and went on and got third place on a socially conservative ticket and then taking a seat in the European Parliament in 1999. That to me would be a better comparison.
However, the presidency of Ireland would be a straight jacket for Conor McGregor and he would react against it sooner rather than later. I don’t know if cutting ribbons and receiving foreign dignitaries is his thing. The political class would probably contrive some excuse to get him out.
The political class need to go, not McGregor – the vote would be the starting gun
Conor McGregor is a perfect embodiment of the disconnection that exists between the centrist political parties, their media allies and that portion of the citizenry who are legitimately concerned about the social, economic and cultural impact of large numbers of undocumented illegal immigrants arriving in Ireland.
They also are dubious about the supposed benefits of multiculturalism.
McGregor has tapped into this vein of thinking.
Maybe not him for President but stranger things…
What would be really strange is if the mainstream parties would actually demonstrate enough self-reflection to realise that they are to blame for oddities like MacGregor popping up in the first place.
A sign of the times ( and not a good one) that he is conteplating running. I can just see him whacking Leo’s ministerial merc for all he’s worth.
This is pure click bait. McGregor’s coke and steroid fuelled antics have made him detested across much of Ireland, not just by liberals. Just look at the latest polling:
So, yeah, I think I will rule him out.
Zero chance.
Right wing extremist clickbait. Have at it boys and girls! We know that you are dumb enough to swallow this kind of nonsense – go ahead, prove me right!
Here’s solace.. a bien-pensant source which however doesn’t investigate the veracity of the claim, but simply parrots this assumption that it’s but a ‘far right’ fringe. (I add that while the Uachtarán na hÉireann position is indeed largely ceremonial, it includes the perk of Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Defence Forces, which might suit Mr McGregor fittingly…)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/opinion/ireland-far-right.html?hpgrp=c-abar&smid=fb-share
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