In November McGregor was ordered to pay damages to Nikita Hand, who accused him of raping her in a hotel in Dublin in 2018.

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    22 days ago

    Probably help. The dumb masses and folks who gravitate to these sorts of characters aren’t phased by sexual assault of women. Hell, many of them cheer for it and think women deserve to be sexually assaulted.

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      22 days ago

      The dumb masses and folks who gravitate to these sorts of characters

      I mean, I’m curious to see whether there’s a critical mass of these types. There’s also no shortage of Irish feminists who should be pretty staunchly disgusted by this kind of news.

      But I’m still stuck on the “White Women Voting For Trump” thing that carried Donnie through two of his three Presidential bids. Sometimes folks like this ride in on a populist wave of hate and other times they land like a lead balloon. Atm, McGregor’s polling is in the trash.

      Former EU commissioner Mairead ­McGuinness has solidified her lead in the polls in the race to be the country’s next president, as the vast majority of the Irish public have said they wouldn’t vote for Conor McGregor.