Emma deSouza: It's insulting to suggest all emigrants are Trumpite potential McGregor voters

The Government needs to focus on updating the Irish Presidential vote to strengthen democracy

Conor McGregor sounded his interest in running for the Irish Presidential office in a post on X. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

The drawn-out debate over whether to extend presidential voting rights in Ireland is back to the fore after controversial sports star Conor McGregor floated the idea of running for the office of President of Ireland on social media.

His series of inane social media posts has since been widely used as a straw man to argue against the extension of voting rights to Irish citizens outside the State — the significance of which could mean another small stride in modernising Ireland’s outdated and exclusionary electoral system.