McGregor not going to run for Irish presidency

Conor McGregor has withdrawn from Ireland's statesmanlike election, and labeled the predetermination process itself arsenic being undemocratic.

McGregor, 37, was a longshot astatine champion to look connected the ballot successful October, arsenic that would person required the nominations of 20 members of parliament oregon 4 section authorities. The erstwhile UFC champion had tried to harvester his monolithic pursuing connected societal media with the backing of different cardinal figures, specified arsenic Elon Musk, to make a nomination, but announced helium would cease those efforts connected Sunday.

"I privation to guarantee the radical of Ireland that this volition not beryllium my past election," McGregor wrote connected X. "You volition spot maine canvassing again successful the future, warring for your rights and representing the champion interests of our nation."

Although McGregor remains a fashionable fig connected societal media, his lasting wrong the federation of Ireland -- peculiarly arsenic a governmental fig -- is questionable. In November, McGregor was recovered liable successful a intersexual battle lawsuit stemming from an incidental successful 2018, successful which helium was accused of raping a pistillate astatine a edifice successful Dublin. A caller canvass by Sunday Independent successful Ireland recovered lone 7% of respondents would person voted for McGregor.

McGregor (22-6) has not fought successful the UFC since helium suffered a breached limb successful a TKO nonaccomplishment to Dustin Poirier successful 2021. He has expressed involvement successful warring astatine the UFC's planned lawsuit astatine the U.S. White House successful summertime 2026.