UFC legend Conor McGregor throws hat in the ring to become Ireland’s next president

Legendary mixed martial artist Conor McGregor, an Irishman, has announced plans to run for the president of Ireland later this year to fix the nation’s rampant migration crisis.

In social media posts uploaded Thursday, he wrote that he’ll run for president on Nov. 11th specifically so that he can oppose the implementation of the E.U. Migration Pact.

“The Pact establishes a faster, fairer processing of asylum applications across the EU while also providing for appeals, safeguards for the vulnerable, including children,” according to the Irish government.

It basically makes it easier for foreigners to immigrate to Ireland, a nation that’s already teeming with immigrants.

The pact would reportedly also allow the European Commission to set quotas for how many asylum seekers and migrants that Ireland must accept into its communities.

The European Parliament today voted in support of the EU’s new Migration Pact.

It will take away national sovereignty from member states and allow the European Commission to allocate any size of “mandatory migrant relocation quotas” for all states. Madness. pic.twitter.com/xEsR8uer4r

— Frantruth (@frantruth) April 20, 2023

“Ireland must fully implement the EU Migration Pact by June 12, 2026,” McGregor’s social media post reads. “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 the Government and oppose this bill? Any other Presidential candidate they attempt to put forward will be of no resistance to them. I will!” it continues.

But, in an unexpected twist, he then wrote that he’ll put the pact up for a referendum vote so that the Irish people themselves can decide on how to proceed going forward.

“For clarity also, as President, I would put forth this bill to referendum,”  he wrote. “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!” he concluded.

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…

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 20, 2025

Ireland, the choice is yours and it is an easy one. Vote for me as your President and we will SAVE IRELAND TOGETHER! ❤️ https://t.co/tLGdPITwnr

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 20, 2025

McGregor went viral earlier in the week for complaining about Ireland’s immigration crisis while speaking at the White House.

Appearing in the White House briefing room on Monday, McGregor alleged that Ireland is “on the cusp of losing its Irishness” because of an “illegal immigration racket” that’s overrunning the country.

“Our government has long since abandoned the voices of the people of Ireland,” he said. “The illegal immigration racket is running ravage on the country.”

Listen:

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2025

His sensible remarks triggered massive backlash from the deranged left, including from Ireland’s own leftist leaders, with critics calling McGregor and those who agree with him racists.

But responding to this backlash in a video published late Monday, life coach and 2012 Harvard University graduate Kaizen D. Asiedu, a black man, argued that neither McGregor nor his supporters are at all racist.

“Can I say something without people getting mad?” he began. “It’s OK for countries to not wants lots of immigrants. Conor McGregor and the Irishmen who want less immigration in Ireland aren’t all racist. They just want the people that they have to be taken care of before taking in new people. And they want Ireland to feel Irish.”

“Ireland went from being 8 percent non-Irish to 24 percent in just 20 years. There’s been a spike in asylum seekers from Ukraine, Africa, and the Middle East. Some of them are living in tents in parks, and it’s exacerbating the housing crisis in Ireland. U.K. and Germany, whose foreign-born populations have increased by 77 percent over the last 20 years, are also struggling with mass migration,” he added.

As a result of all this, Asiedu continued, Europe’s right-wing parties are understandably increasingly growing in popularity and power. The same thing has happened in the U.S., where the Republican Party now controls the White House, the House, and the Senate.

Reaching his core point, he then took a moment to note that there’s nothing innately wrong with immigrants — but that tolerating endless immigration isn’t conducive to a nation’s survival.

“Pro-immigration advocates tend to focus on the fact that immigrants are just humans that want a better life, and they’re right,” he said. “But empathy without practicality is suicide.”

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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.

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