Freemasons to donate €2,500 to charity following Conor McGregor–Tucker Carlson interview
The disgraced UFC fighter was interviewed by Carlson, himself booted off Fox News in mysterious and acrimonious circumstances, last Friday, where he broached potentially running for President once again.
The organisation have since apologised for allowing McGregor and Carlson to use their hall as the location of the interview, saying that they wouldn't have accepted the booking had they realised what it was for, and will investigate the use of the Grand Lodge Room by the Grand Lodge Conduct Committee. The Freemasons of Dublin have said that they will make a €2,500 donation to charity, after Conor McGregor was interviewed by Tucker Carlson in their hall. Pic: Tucker Carlson via YouTube
At the Grand Masters Council earlier this week, the Masons said that lodge rooms would be used only for 'lodge purposes,' and no 'non-Masonic meetings' will be held in the Freemasons Lodge 'until further notice.'
The Irish Independent also report that the masons have decided to donate €2,500 to 'an appropriate, non-political charity' following the controversial interview.
McGregor has said that he will run for President later this year ahead of November's election, but faces an uphill battle to even receive a nomination; as hundreds of members of the Oireachtas and other councils, the two ways that he must receive a nomination, have refused to entertain the idea of nominating him. McGregor's interview saw him discuss a potential Presidential bid, and other political issues. Pic: Tucker Carlson via YouTube
Even if he were to receive a nomination, recent polls said that 89% of the Irish population wouldn't vote for him in the Presidential election; with the Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers saying that his bid for the Presidency 'will be widely rejected.'
'When it comes to Tucker Carlson and Conor McGregor, I think you've seen the resounding rejection of Conor McGregor's attempt to run for the Presidency,' Minister Chambers said last week ahead of the Tucker Carlson interview.
'I think most political parties and Independents completely reject his politics, his rhetoric, his divisive approach to public debate, and I'm sure that will be reflected in his interview with Tucker Carlson.'
'That type of extreme politics isn't something that most Irish people would accept, and I think it will be widely rejected if he attempted to run with the Presidency. I'd be surprised if he received a nomination.'
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