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Conor McGregor appears in court on speeding charge, tells judge he earns '€140 million'

The MMA fighter was ordered to appear in court after his solicitor addressed the court this morning.

Updated at 1.10pm 

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MMA FIGHTER CONOR McGregor has appeared in court and pleaded guilty to a speeding charge.

The 29-year-old UFC champion appeared at Blanchardstown District Court this afternoon to face the alleged offence of speeding on 31 March on Dublin’s Naas Road.

McGregor pleaded guilty to driving at a speed of 150km/h in a 100km/h zone.

A garda told the court that a notification of a fine had been issued to McGregor on 5 April but he had failed to pay it.

Speaking to Judge Miriam Walsh, McGregor pleaded guilty to the speeding offence and said he couldn’t remember whether he paid the fine on 5 April.

“What I heard was that I tried my best to pay for it,” McGregor said.

I attempted to pay it. I don’t know… it didn’t pay and that’s it.

Judge Walsh asked McGregor:

“I have to ask you the question… How much do you earn…? Please don’t tell me you earn more than €110 million in a day?”

Laughing, he said: “€140 million.”
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Judge Walsh said that, taking McGregor’s guilty plea into account, she would convict him and impose a fine of €400.

McGregor was given two months to pay the fine, which Judge Walsh said he “can pay in instalments”.

McGregor said:

I apologise and I want to show my respect by showing up today. I apologise.

Judges in cases where a fine is imposed regularly ask how much a person earns. McGregor earned a reported €110 million from his recent Las Vegas boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather – which was, perhaps, what the judge was referencing.

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Adjourned twice 

The case had previously been adjourned on two previous dates as McGregor failed to appear on both occasions.

McGregor also failed to appear this morning and the case was adjourned until he appeared in the court.

This morning, solicitor Graham Kenny told the court he was representing McGregor. Kenny said McGregor accepted the fine and pleaded guilty to the speeding offence.

The judge refused to accept Kenny’s guilty plea on behalf of McGregor as he wasn’t present. The MMA fighter showed up at around 12.15pm.

“This is like a broken record,” Judge Miriam Walsh McGregor said earlier, noting that it was McGregor’s third time failing to attend the courtroom.

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    Mute Meehawwl O'Buachailla
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    May 20th 2016, 12:18 PM

    This news has completely rocked me and made me re-evaluate my day.

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    May 20th 2016, 11:54 AM

    I started off liking Fergal, but I can’t stand listening to his show now. Every show has descended into a “List”.

    Your favourite sandwich fillings
    People that ya meet in the chipper after the pub
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    Can’t handle it man….

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    May 20th 2016, 12:04 PM

    He’s the new Rick O’Shea.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:44 PM

    I had him in my taxi a few weeks back and within a minute he told me he was Fergal Darcy from Today FM. I also got how he was the top presenter from a regional radio station and Today FM head hunted him. The fellas a complete knobhead..

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    May 20th 2016, 1:17 PM

    I hope you dropped him out in the sticks somewhere…

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    May 20th 2016, 1:18 PM

    List of excuses Louise Duffy could use for getting punked out of her slot…Coming in at number (1.) I’m setting up a website and don’t have time!

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    May 20th 2016, 2:07 PM

    Bring Back dusty roads

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    May 20th 2016, 5:58 PM

    The Buzzfeed of radio?

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    May 20th 2016, 6:39 PM

    The Daily Edge of radio. They love their lists of pointless rubbish too.

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    May 20th 2016, 7:27 PM

    Yes, he’s almost as annoying as Rick O Shea but not as condescending. Hopefully he ends up the same way on some obscure weekend slot where he can’t do much damage. Duffy only being influenced by Paul Galvin into thinking people actually see her as a fashion guru.

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    May 20th 2016, 8:26 PM

    Is there any one more annoying than Rick o shea?

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    May 21st 2016, 6:18 AM

    Rick Ashley maybe?

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    May 21st 2016, 8:10 AM

    I bet he doesn’t just constantly talk about craft beer and how many books he has read! Rick O’Shea is just another little man in his 50′s trying to be a cool hipster just because he was very uncool in his youth. He constantly belittled anyone who didn’t share his views. This came across on his show and social media and this is why he was dropped.

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    May 20th 2016, 11:58 AM

    I thought they were talking Ray darcy and joe Duffy. Either way couldn’t give less of a sh/t€.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:06 PM

    Amazed it took today FM so long to realise how much damage the Louise Duffy show was doing. Always going to be difficult to replace Tony Fenton but she was just worse than awful

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    May 20th 2016, 2:06 PM

    Jesus not Darcy. One of the most irritating radio presenters going. Shouting and roaring and talking crap every single time. Goodbye Todayfm

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    May 20th 2016, 12:15 PM

    Louise Duffy is insufferable.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:11 PM

    Ah S*#te!! Not Darcy. The man laughs at his own bad jokes for goodness sake. What about Ann Gleason?? Love her. 8radio for me after half 2 so.

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    May 20th 2016, 11:50 AM

    Aw Christ!!…….time for the old switcheroo at half 2 so

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    May 20th 2016, 11:49 AM

    I’m amazed that they have any listeners !

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    May 20th 2016, 12:18 PM

    Today FM has gone to the dogs in the last 2to3 years the only one worth listening to now is Matt Cooper I can’t stand either of the two mentioned in the article and don’t get me started on that ian Dempsey fella

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    May 20th 2016, 12:34 PM

    Dempsey is grand it’s a light and fluffy show, he does fine. Would you prefer Jennuendo and crew on the 2fm morning slot…..sweet Jesus does their show anger up my blood

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    May 20th 2016, 1:43 PM

    Alan your alive !!!!! We haven’t heard from you for two days

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    May 20th 2016, 12:45 PM

    Today fm is plain terrible..how many times a day do you really want to hear Adele ed bloody sheeran Sam Smith n fecking kodaline ?? Haha

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    May 20th 2016, 1:06 PM

    First he turned me off iradio and now it looks like todayfm’s gonna get the flick from my radio. How does Louise feel ahhhh he’s a pure ass

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    May 20th 2016, 1:10 PM

    Louise Duffy makes me wanna hurl. Dreadful!

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    May 20th 2016, 3:25 PM

    I will DEFINITELY be switching stations once Dermot and Dave finish each day.

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    May 20th 2016, 6:08 PM

    Dermot and Dave are a pair of flutes

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    May 21st 2016, 11:38 AM

    They’re worse, in fact 99% of radio is pure garbage

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    May 20th 2016, 1:56 PM

    Nooooooo leave Louise alone!!! Get rid of Ferg

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    May 20th 2016, 1:18 PM

    definitely changing channels at 2:30, Dermot and Dave are the only good thing on TodayFM anymore and Fergal is irritating on the radio

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    May 20th 2016, 12:37 PM

    I don’t understand radio stations a presenter is popular in a certain time slot is because people are available to listen at that particular time they change time slot not everybody that listens now will be able to listen then.
    Anyway switch to Nova great station all day everyday

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    May 20th 2016, 12:18 PM

    Alright Carmel. Listen I’ve gone into the link you posted and given all my card details. Can’t wait to receive my package in 7 days and become a rich man. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:20 PM

    Seven (7) days lol

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    May 20th 2016, 2:39 PM

    TodayFM gets worse every time they re-jig the line up:

    Ray Foley > DermotDave: bad move.

    Tony Fenton > absolutely anyone else: bad move, although in fairness they had no choice with that one.

    Fergal Darcy at any time: bad move. The guy’s insufferable.

    Ian Dempsey’s lost it – I find his drivel very hard to listen to and only listen for Gift Grub.

    The only good switch was Ray Darcy > Anton Savage.

    So now it’s Gift Grub, Anton, Matt, FridayNight80′s, Classic9@11 on Sats for me on TodayFM, and Nova at all other times.

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    May 20th 2016, 7:35 PM

    Novas great lately ..some classic songs you never expect to hear on the radio during the day

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    May 20th 2016, 8:42 PM

    Unfortunately Nova isn’t available on the FM frequency outside of the Dublin commuter belt.

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    May 20th 2016, 4:38 PM

    Good, usually switch stations after the Dermot and Dave show because the sound of Loiuse’s voice goes through my head!

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    May 20th 2016, 3:41 PM

    Today fm plummets in entertainment quality come half two. And Darcy is not gonna fix it. He’s as piss poor as what he’s replacing.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:10 PM

    I’m starting a podcast that reviews radio shows, that I don’t listen to anymore.

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    May 20th 2016, 6:36 PM

    Great idea, saves me the time I would have spent not listening to them.

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    May 20th 2016, 11:56 AM

    Very happy to type – never heard of either….

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    May 20th 2016, 12:35 PM

    You have your work cut out for you goings, you now have to comment on every article you’re not familiar with the subject matter to let everyone know

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    May 20th 2016, 3:01 PM

    Louise Duffy “here’s some more terrible dance music that literally nobody wants to listen to”

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    May 20th 2016, 3:07 PM

    No respect for a woman that doesn’t take her husbands name when married.

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    May 20th 2016, 7:32 PM

    Its not the 1920s.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:00 PM

    Im just surprised anyone listens to Irish terrestrial radio given the choice you have with digital stations , podcasts and streaming services.

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    May 20th 2016, 12:02 PM

    And hasn’t everyone got an internet radio?

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    May 20th 2016, 12:17 PM

    Everyone has a phone, tablet, laptop, pc…so yeah.

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    May 20th 2016, 6:41 PM

    I don’t know how anyone listens to Irish radio, especially outside Dublin.

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    May 20th 2016, 8:04 PM

    I would rather listen to Dermot and Dave for 6 hours straight!!

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    May 20th 2016, 12:57 PM

    Is that the best photo you could find of Louise Duffy? Anyway, never heard of the D’arcy bloke…always amazes me that dreary old Irish radio still survives in the digital age.

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    May 20th 2016, 2:54 PM

    Thought it was Michael Jackson I saw at first!

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    May 20th 2016, 1:25 PM

    Noooooooooooooo

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    May 20th 2016, 6:36 PM

    Jesus. The continued demise of Irish radio. With TXfm (and it was grand at a scratch compared to Phantom),Duffy would have been the only one left who seems to have a taste for new or interesting tunes. D’arcy is out of touch with younger generations. Bad form

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    May 20th 2016, 4:14 PM

    I don’t think there is one half decent female radio presenter on our airways.

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    May 20th 2016, 11:11 PM

    Can just about tolerate anton. . Love dermot and dave. . And turn off at 230 on the dot. Can’t be having louise at all. The music is insufferable throughout all the shows imo.

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    May 20th 2016, 6:58 PM

    Today FM becomes very difficult at 12midday, from then on it’s jaw-droppingly inane.

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    May 20th 2016, 1:45 PM

    Are Fergal and Ray Darcy..pronounced with a “d”mute related?

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    May 20th 2016, 8:57 PM

    Radio Nova. That’s all.

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    May 20th 2016, 6:00 PM

    I can’t contain my excitement, actually I can, haven’t heard of or listen to either of them, in fact only turn on this station & listen to the last word ‘re run on Sat morning as radio 1 at this time awful.

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    May 21st 2016, 10:22 AM

    Like todayfm from 7am until 12. Then I only listen to matt cooper. The weekend line up is even worse. A couple of years ago I never changed station it has really deteriorated. Listen to a mix of nova when I can get it, news talk and BBC4

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    May 20th 2016, 1:25 PM

    I only listen to the Tom Leykis show

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    May 20th 2016, 2:07 PM

    What about more women on the radio? Sick of all the middle of the road men.

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