Irish UFC star Conor McGregor has been charged and arrested over alleged dangerous driving on a motorway in west Dublin on Wednesday night in his £140,000 Bentley Continental GT.
Conor McGregor is now due to appear at Blanchardstown District Court next month after was taken to Lucan Garda Station where he was later charged.
His arrested was confirmed by a Garda spokesman said that that a man was arrested in relation to the incident and taken to Lucan Garda Station. He has since been released.
In a statement, the police service said: ‘Gardai arrested a man aged in his 30s in relation an incident of dangerous driving in the Palmerstown area yesterday evening, Tuesday 22nd March 2022.
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”The man was taken to Lucan Garda Station where he was later charged.
”He has been released pending an appearance before Blanchardstown District Court at a later date.’
A spokeswoman for McGregor told MailOnline: ‘Mr. McGregor was driving to the gym when he was stopped by Gardai for alleged road traffic violations.
‘He passed the drug and alcohol tests taken at the station.’
