Irish government entities are considering charging former UFC champion Conor McGregor with hate speech-related violations over social media posts from November 2023.
The Irish Independent said it confirmed that specialist officers within the Irish National Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducted an inquiry and sent a file to Ireland’s director of public prosecutions. The DPP conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state and is comparable to the U.S. attorney general.
The file outlined a case against McGregor in relation to statements he made online in 2023. The night before riots in Dublin, McGregor reportedly posted, “Ireland, we are at war,” on X, then Twitter.
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The Irish Independent characterized McGregor’s remarks as being in response to Ukrainians being permitted to vote in local Irish elections.
However, CNN reported the riots
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