Petition to have Conor McGregor's face on €1 coins inadmissable

A petition to have UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s face printed on €1 coins has been ruled as inadmissable by the Oireachtas Petitions Committee.

The petition was submitted to the Oireachtas Petitions Committee's website by Patrick O’Leary on 15 December, days after McGregor's emphatic 13-second win over long-time champion José Aldo on 12 December in Las Vegas.

Speaking on Wednesday on Oireachtas TV, chairman of the Committee Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said that the committee had no choice but to declare the petition inadmissable as they had been unable to contact the petitioner.