Conor McGregor Wins ‘Brought Most Shame To Ireland’ At RTÉ Sports Awards

RTÉ’S biggest night in sport saw Paul O’Donovan walk away with the coveted ‘Sportsperson of the Year award’ for his Olympic and World Rowing Championships heroics.

However, it wasn’t the only award handed out on the night with Conor McGregor having the great dishonour of picking up the ‘Brought Most Shame To Ireland’ award.

An unprecedented 5th win in a row in the category, McGregor faced his toughest competition for the award this year with late surges from ‘Unnamed Armagh GAA player questioned over rape’, Denis Coulson, who is was given 14 years in a French prison for his part in a gang rape of a woman and Chris Farrell who must wear an electronic monitor for two years after being found guilty for failure to prevent a crime.

“I think it’s unfair on Conor, I voted for Catriona Carey myself, no one worked harder to ruin their sporting legacy in my opinion, maybe next year we can have a family category so the Careys get their due,” confirmed one voter for the awards.

All in all it was a strong showing for the rugby fraternity with ex-international Brendan Mullin serving a three year sentence for stealing €570,000 from Bank of Ireland.

Elsewhere, GAA county boards won ‘Most Hastily Tippexed Accounts’ and the Irish men’s soccer team won ‘Most Consistent Crusher of Hopes’.