Tucker Carlson to meet Conor McGregor in his Dublin pub

Conor McGregor is set to host conservative US broadcaster Tucker Carlson at his pub in Dublin on Tuesday evening.

The event will take place in the Black Forge Inn in Crumlin, as he called on people to attend in a post on social media.

“There will be, as always, live music, top tier food, great drink, great people, and a happy and celebratory atmosphere,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

“God bless you Ireland, I was put on this earth to serve and protect you.”

Carlson hosted Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News until he was fired in 2023.

He was fired following the broadcaster's settlement of a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.

Filings in the Dominion case featured scores of vulgar text messages from Carlson.

Carlson publicly backed Donald Trump in the US presidential election. He now hosts The Tucker Carlson Show on his own network.

Last year, he interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

McGregor visited the White House to mark St Patrick’s Day last month, where he made clear his intentions to run in the presidential elections in Ireland later this year.

To be nominated, he needs to secure the backing of 20 members of the Oireachtas or four local authorities.

In November, a jury at the High Court found that McGregor raped Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018 and awarded her almost €250,000 in damages.