NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT

O'Brien slams Conor's hopes of run at Aras

- BY GRAINNE NI AODHA

CONOR McGregor would not be fit to be president of Ireland, Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien has said.

Mr O'Brien compared MMA fighter McGregor, 37, to Ireland's outgoing president Michael D Higgins, a former arts minister and sociology lecturer.

He said McGregor was free to challenge the process to get on the presidential ballot paper but the Irish constitution was “clear”.

He was responding to comments from McGregor to the Sunday Times where he said he is considering a legal challenge to eligibility rules for the presidential elections.

So far, two candidates have secured sufficient nominations to get on the ballot.