An Irish rape disaster charity has strongly criticised Conor McGregor‘s current assembly with former US President Donald Trump on the White Home, calling it a “sinister” try and rehabilitate the controversial fighter’s public picture.
Rachel Morrogh, chief government of the Dublin rape disaster centre, has formally raised issues with the US embassy in Dublin over the assembly, which befell on St Patrick’s Day. The gathering, she argued, sends a troubling message simply months after McGregor was discovered answerable for rape in an Irish civil case.
“We do imagine that the assembly between Trump and Conor McGregor was very sinister, and we’ve got known as it out for what it’s—an try and rebuild the very broken repute of Conor McGregor,” Morrogh advised The Guardian. “What has actually shocked us is that the workplace of the president of the US, which is so revered and revered, is getting used to launder Conor McGregor’s repute.”
McGregor, 36, was ordered by a civil courtroom in November to pay practically €250,000 (£210,000) in damages to a girl who accused him of raping and assaulting her in a Dublin lodge in 2018. He has denied the allegations, claiming their encounter was consensual, and is presently interesting the decision within the Irish Excessive Courtroom, with a listening to set for Friday.
Political overtones and controversy
Throughout his White Home go to, McGregor didn’t shrink back from controversial remarks, utilizing the platform to criticise the Irish authorities‘s immigration insurance policies. He warned that Eire was “probably dropping its Irishness” and claimed that some rural cities had been “overrun in a single swoop”—statements which were extensively disputed by officers.
Wearing a inexperienced go well with in honour of Eire’s nationwide day, McGregor addressed the press within the official White Home briefing room earlier than assembly with Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk within the Oval Workplace. He was joined by his associate and youngsters throughout the go to.
McGregor has garnered help from figures reminiscent of self-proclaimed misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and Irish anti-immigration campaigners, who’ve benefited from Musk’s amplification of their messages on social media. Nevertheless, his declare to talk for the Irish individuals on immigration has been met with widespread criticism. Taoiseach Micheál Martin dismissed McGregor’s remarks as “fallacious,” whereas finance minister Paschal Donohoe admitted his “coronary heart fell” upon studying concerning the assembly.
Following the backlash, McGregor hit again on the Irish authorities, saying that officers had taken “zero motion with zero accountability” on the immigration concern.
