Former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor has lashed out on social media over Ireland's new COVID-19 restrictions.
McGregor may have been out of action since incurring a horrifying leg injury at UFC 264 but he has used his time off to stay active on social media. “The Notorious” has been expressing his views on several matters and one of his most recent takes was about Ireland's announcement regarding new COVID-19 protocols.
The country's government decided to go back into lockdown state. This means that pubs will have to comply with curfew hours, something a whiskey business owner like McGregor was not too happy about.
According to the UFC star, there's no sense going back into lockdown when Ireland has already been dealing with, and have actually endured the pandemic for almost 3 years now.
“Frustrated with these new restrictions in Ireland,” McGregor said in a series of tweets via BJPenn.com. “We’ve done our part and we’ve followed the rules. NPHET told us last month we had the virus suppressed. And yet we move forwards only to move backwards again. All we ask for is clarity, and we have gotten none since the beginning.”
“Ireland and it’s people, with its high vaccination rate, after enduring the longest lockdown in the free world, is not to blame for the undersupply of our healthcare system,” he added. “Those in government are! Almost 3 years to bolster this for our people, and nothing.
Ireland will rise!”“We are almost 3 years into this,” the Irish fighter pointed out. “We have came together time and time again! Gone above and beyond what has been asked of us! Yet all we have gotten back is hypocritical address after hypocritical address! The audacity! I am ashamed of my nations government at this time.”
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