Ian O’Doherty: Conor McGregor is no threat to our democracy, so why does he put so much fear up the establishment?

In a sane and rational world, Conor McGregor would be a rapidly receding image in the country’s rear-view mirror. A champion mixed martial artist, a braggart, a wannabe man of the people and someone who seems to attract controversy the way honey attracts bears, it looked like he was destined to become a cautionary tale. He would be the warning that coaches give to promising young athletes when they get their first sniff of success: “Don’t let it go to your head or you’ll end up like yer man.

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