Conor McGregor and his ties to the Irish mob

He was the shadowy Cartel lieutenant who was rumoured to be out to get UFC star Conor McGregor after a pub brawl at the height of the Kinahan and Hutch feud.
But convicted drug dealer Graham ‘The Wig’ Whelan was this week welcomed into McGregor’s pub and into this family when he was introduced as the new partner of the sports stars sister Aoife.
Nicola Tallant talks to Niall Donald about Conor McGregor and the mob and the childhood friendships which link the world famous fighter with some of the most prominent gangland figures in Ireland.
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[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

Practically everyone who grew up on an Dublin council estate has “ties to the Irish mob”. That doesn’t make you a crime figure.

[@jimbrown4456]

Everyone you know isn't everyone in Belfast

[@neasa4222]

Yeah in your mind maybe 🙄😂

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

@@neasa4222 my point is, if ya grew up on a council estate you have friends involved with crime. I was myself as a young man, it wasn’t for me though.

[@jamesmowles6575]

A get wit ur saying, As its the same in, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍, But if ur not involved with anything, U still knw wits happnin, As uv grew up with boys tht u still tlk 2 , But Not evry one wants 2 knw other ppl,s Business & c thm jst the way u always hve, Hpe u get wit a mn, ??👍💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@LeMerch]

@@FieldMarshalRommel23 not the type of crime they’re talking about you spacer

[@fazetwoltd9432]

She thinks she interrupted him........ YOU ALWAYS INTERRUPT HIM STOP ALREADY!!

[@spybaz]

yeah, I noticed that in every video!

[@AdamDylanFoley]

Excellent, both of you are fantastic.

[@DMNDSbyDaylight]

This woman just wouldn't stop interrupting him. Sheesh.

[@_Snapper]

If you grow up in a council/Working Class environment it doesn't make you a bad person if you know a lot of people involved in crime ,You cant pick other peoples professions for them

[@pauloneill914]

If she would keep her mouth shut and let him finish answering questions it would help

[@TalkMMADizz]

I am so happy that this is all finally starting to come out. I have been reporting about McGregors out of cage habit for several years and nobody wanted to believe me. I’m so happy that this is all starting to surface.

[@foothand1595]

His up to eyes ball in it serious I wouldnt piss in that pub that if it was on Fire 🔥 Scum breed Scum all Nackers

[@tttmvmv]

Lol you been hating on Conor for years but I will give you credit you were the first

[@foothand1595]

@@tttmvmv thanks pal

[@cheiftain732]

We all know . Conor hit the wrong guy but his sisters grahams pal .

[@cheiftain732]

Show jesse on fire hes on about this now

[@jimsweep9291]

Gerrard kavanagh , was a really nice lad I new him back in the 90/s and I new his best friend from tallaght and the were really nice lads, I'm only saying this because I new them and the looked after me when we were young doing a long holiday in Ireland, people from Ireland will know what I mean by that,lol R,I,P, Gerrard kavanagh, your friend from the country,

[@Areflection4]

Fascinating. Would have been nice if the presenters provided photos and scenes.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Gutter journalism

[@seamus9750]

Fascinating stuff.

[@rpmcmurphy5503]

It’s pure waffle my friend

[@huski8124]

Conner has even said i am the cartel.

[@rpmcmurphy5503]

He wants to be man wishes he was important. Wise up

[@JoeSmith-wj6cc]

CONNOR IS THE CARTEL 💯🤫

[@STEVIEBHOY]

Not to mention the "alleged" sexual assaults....(plural)...Joe Public knows...if he wants to discuss it in the square circle we can arrange that 💯👌🇮🇪

[@TTuxadee]

💀

[@geraldinekelly8447]

Yes I heard that allegation.....

[@M40A3xSnipingPS3]

Why were you in a weird part of arizonq

[@scottblack9213]

Dublin is such a kip.

[@tonymurray814]

What garden of Eden are u from skip?

[@scottblack9213]

@@tonymurray814 Dublin. And it pains me to see my city descend into a flea pit - Irish politicians are repugnant and see themselves as "above us plain people" in station. It's sickening.

[@tonymurray814]

@@scottblack9213 I’m from Dublin too. Moved to the U S 30 years ago. I be been back 50 times. It gets worse every time.

[@jasonwolfe5787]

How many times does she interrupt him

[@ricksterk7014]

Terrible eh

[@sevans606]

Many times

[@scottcarlow9330]

Pretty much every time he speaks

[@Munchkin.199.-.]

I think Connor didn’t forget his roots . Good on McGregor a true legend ☘️

[@jackthelad15]

His team got bust up yesterday 7-0 🤣🤣

[@artomarto679]

Show me his friends and I'll tell you who he is..

[@psycho8181]

got balls boy

[@foothand1595]

@@psycho8181 yeah Small balls 😂😂😂

[@psycho8181]

@@foothand1595 🤣🤣😂😂😆😆😁😁🙂🙂🤘🤘

[@TheHarrip]

That's not true. My mates are dodgy as fook but I'm an Angel 😇

[@rpmcmurphy5503]

He has no real friends bar his missus who he cheats on he’s a fuckin twat . I’m irish not jumping to defend my own

[@nic5779]

Drink every time he calls him Colin magregor

[@ivorbiggen2251]

I can’t stand McGregors whole persona, but knowing criminals don’t mean you’re one. I grew up calling the most dangerous men in my area uncle, my dad went to school with them and they were his friends. In later life their sons became the bad men, I went to school with them and they are my friends… I’ve never had so much as an unpaid parking ticket, nor to I intend to 🤷🏻

[@stemc1971]

Shut up

[@zeroireland]

That’s exactly what a criminal WOULD say…

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Allegedly

[@GCMAC1980]

Grass

[@ivorbiggen2251]

@@GCMAC1980 no thanks, I just put one out

[@user-qi6xl8hg2j]

The Pythonesque film A Fish Called Wanda one of the characters "tortured" another character by putting chips up his nose,

[@ChrisBmufc]

McGregor is an eejit but that doesn’t make him a gangster because he knows gangsters

[@artomarto679]

Next an ex 1D star and the tennis player

[@pauldavids8030]

Isn't there a contract on his head?

[@stemc1971]

No

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Yeah the barber has a contract out on him with scissors

[@LONEWOLF78.]

"I think I interrupted you" haha that's all she did.

[@moniqueleander6134]

A line after

[@user-xx8ot7go2z]

Every one knows everybody from were they live does not make them criminals

[@vanslang5385]

McGregor’s GANGSTA!

[@jimsweep9291]

The truth about everything in Ireland is Ireland is a small country and when you are growing up in a council housing estate everyone knows everyone and some people are lucky enough to become a great football player, or a boxer, or like Conor McGregor MMA, fighter, and the don't forget there friends because loyalty family and friends are everything in this world, but you have a corrupt media trying to get people fighting against each other and the don't care if that leads to someone getting really hurt or killed as long as they get a story out of making friends fall out with each other just because you have a reporter telling lies about people, and before you know the truth about everything it's all over the media and news channels and must of it is lies , remember people don't judge anyone if you have never walked there path , because you hear storys but them story's are coming from a person who hates the people that they are writing about, so everything you read in the paper about Ireland 🇮🇪 remember take it with a pinch of salt 🧂, lol.🇮🇪❤️🕊️✌️🤠

[@LeMerch]

7.1 million people isn’t a small country.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@LeMerchit's is ....I'm from there. Loads of cities in smaller area have twice the population

[@LeMerch]

@@jackietreehorn5561 where?

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@LeMerchbejing, Buenos Aires a few

[@poolie-mag8282]

Title. Conor mcgreggors connections to Irish mob 9.40 no 1 said conor is connected to Irish mob make ye mind up ffs

[@Munchkin.199.-.]

MC Gregor has talent please don’t associate him with the grifter’s 😂

[@denisla3546]

He is a definition of a grifter...

[@techncraig3713]

World full of grasses

[@dans243]

People grass because there are scum bag rats

[@seanbarker9272]

I thought the IRA stopped the drugs

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

Lol 😂 there's always been drugs available in Dublin

[@seanbarker9272]

@@jaywalkercrew4446 ah I believed the rumours 😂

[@shaneodwyer6132]

They do when they don't pay protection money, well that's the way it was years ago anyway

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Dublin different than Belfast....Ra used to kill dealers in Belfast ... Dublin seems like the wild west these days tho with gangland shit

[@deeppete1557]

This woman is very nieve and a bit of an ejit. She's no business commenting on all these criminals apart from the fact she's profiteering of it.

[@JmsMlny]

Dangerous game

[@colly2186]

Selling speculation here 😂

[@paulmaher2392]

Way too snobby and I am from the southside, wow somebody has a big head.

[@TheHarrip]

That's not true. My mates are dodgy as fook but I'm an Angel 😇

[@Theirishghost.]

Ejits 🤣🤣🤣

[@darrenbrogan5328]

Everything said here is complete bollox they haven’t a clue what there talking about

[@andycapnz2019]

Everybody loves proper 12 in New zealand

[@rpmcmurphy5503]

A horrible whiskey. Drink it sober ya wil realise it’s not good whiskey

[@tonymurray814]

Absolute pisswater!!

[@Paulosav1970]

Click bait

[@josselemin1]

I thought Ireland and Conor McGregor by now would be synonyms for Mob in the English dictionary

[@theboiballincollig]

We all know this, christ wheres the dirt

[@derekga6973]

Most lads getting on in their 30s that were rough when they were younger are trying to go straight and get out of been a gangster to go legit in some way, that clown McGregor wants to be a gangster and play the hard man

[@psycho8181]

If he Conor had connection to mob / he’d be DEAD by now…

[@El_terrible1985]

His sister is with one of the kinahans. Biggest gangsters in Europe arguably

[@jeffrejr1]

Fury has and he's completely fine

[@titopuente6149]

Nicola "lack of " tallant is an ass hat.

[@geraldinekelly8447]

I think she's great.

[@seannamadra5675]

Have a go at a working lad made good? Shame on ye😢

[@imnotavingthat6813]

I love all the 💩 they come up with Re kinahan, where is the proof, why has he never been arrested if he's guilty to the stuff you say