Conor McGregor parties with two Irish international footballers and ‘The Wig’ in Ibiza

The ex-UFC champion also posted a picture of him in the famous Pacha nightclub with glamour model Katie Price – along with Dubliners Lee Byrne and Nathan ‘Biggie’ Little.

Conor McGregor with Troy Parrott, Katie Price, Lee Byrne and Nathan Little (right, with glasses and black hat)

Ireland international footballers Evan Ferguson and Troy Parrott have been pictured partying with Conor McGregor in Ibiza after the MMA fighter was filmed punching a clubber on the island.

McGregor flew his Black Forge FC football team to the Mediterranean hotspot to “celebrate” their league success.

Joining him in the sun-kissed Balearics is Kinahan cartel figure Graham ’The Wig’ Whelan, who is dating the fighter’s sister Aoife.

McGregor and ‘The Wig’ were pictured together at the UFC star’s sister Erin’s wedding to Terry Kavanagh in Co Tipperary last August.

Graham 'The Wig' Whelan and Conor McGregor

The ex-UFC champion also posted a picture of him in the famous Pacha nightclub with glamour model Katie Price – along with Dubliners Lee Byrne and Nathan ‘Biggie’ Little.

Lee, is the son of gangster Liam Byrne, and is currently in a relationship with Steven Gerrard’s daughter Lilly-Ella.

Lee’s childhood friend Nathan ‘Biggie’ Little.- described by gardai in court documents as a gangland footsoldier - can also be seen in the image.

Troy Parrott, who like Lee Byrne and Evan Ferguson, Lilly-Ella and Steven Gerrard, have no involvement in crime, were also snapped in the same group photo in Pacha with McGregor.

Eyebrows have been raised in the Irish football community at the sight of Evan Ferguson in the company of McGregor.

Conor McGregor and Evan Ferguson

The 20-year-old from Bellewstown Co Meath, who went on loan to West Ham from Brighton and Hove Albion last season, has scored five times for Ireland.

Fellow striker Parrott (23), from Dublin’s north inner city, has also scored five goals for Ireland and the former Spurs player is currently with Dutch club AZ.

Parrott has been pictured several times in the past with close pal Lee Byrne.

Conor McGregor with Troy Parrott, Katie Price, Lee Byrne and Nathan Little (right, with glasses and black hat)

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McGregor has already been pictured several times with Katie Price, ask Jordan, this week on his boozy holiday in Ibiza.

The 35-year-old Dubliner returned to Pacha again late this week following his much-publicised double punching of a clubber in the same spot in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Wayne Lineker, brother of soccer legend Gary and owner of the Lineker’s pub chain, claimed the assaulted man was his close friend and employee Joe Gomez and took the punches “like a champ”.

McGregor bragged he flew his Black Forge team to Ibiza to celebrate winning the UCFL Premier Division, with McGregor forking out for a VIP holiday to celebrate.

Katie with McGregor in Ibiza

“To celebrate winning the league I took the @blackforgeinn football squad away on holiday to Ibiza! All-expense paid, VIP’s,” he bragged on Instagram, sharing a series of snaps from the trip.

‘The Wig’ and ‘Biggie’ Little were recently pictured by the Sunday World cheering on McGregor and his Black Forge team in the AUL Challenge Cup Final, which they lost 5-1.

Also at the match was James Lawrence, McGregor’s pal who also featured in his recent high profile court case.

McGregor, who was ordered to pay almost €250,000 to Nikita Hand after a civil jury found he raped her in a Dublin hotel, played as his team were as they easily beaten by Ballyfermot-based Roc Celtic at the AUL Complex in Clonshaugh on Dublin’s northside.

Lawrence was also named as a defendant in the civil suit taken by Nikita Hand. The jury found that Lawrence had not assaulted Ms Hand.

During the case he denied being the “fall guy” for the rape allegation against McGregor.

He said, “not in a million years" and asked why he would put himself up for the rape of a woman.

The Civil Court jury awarded Ms Hand close to €250,000 after it found McGregor assaulted her in the hotel.

Katie in a Blackforge FC shirt

The trial judge, Mr Justice Alexander Owens, said the jury had determined that McGregor had raped Ms Hand.

McGregor has launched an appeal against the verdict and wants to introduce new evidence from Ms Hand’s former neighbours Samantha O’Reilly and Steven Cummins in his appeal.

The Court of Appeal was told that Ms O’Reilly and Mr Cummins’s house was “in close proximity” to the home Ms Hand shared with Mr Redmond.

During a directions hearing, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan said Ms O’Reilly had claimed she was looking out of her upstairs bedroom window on “the Sunday night/­early on the Monday morning” when she witnessed “a heated row” between Mr Redmond and Ms Hand in their house across the road.

Her affidavit infers Mr Redmond assaulted Ms Hand in a bedroom by punching her and kicking her after pushing her to the floor.

Ms O’Reilly says she could not see any blows landing on Ms Hand, but believed she was being punched and kicked based on the movement of Mr Redmond’s arms and hips.

Ms Hand has described the content of the couple’s affidavits as ‘lies’.

“My ex-partner Stephen Redmond [known as ‘Ste’] did not assault me on the night of December 9/10, 2018, and never assaulted me in the course of our relationship, or since,” Ms Hand said.

The appeal is set to be heard on July 1.

Graham ‘The Wig’ Whelan is part of the Black Forge coaching set-up.

McGregor’s sister Aoife has been going out with the convicted drug dealer in recent years and regularly visited him while he was in prison on money- laundering offences.

A former senior ranking member of the Kinahan drugs cartel, Whelan recently spent a year in custody after being convicted of money laundering offences, including possession of a €28,000 watch.

Whelan recently spent a year in custody after being convicted of money laundering offences, including possession of a €28,000 watch.

A self-described ‘dangerous criminal’, Whelan was close pals with cartel figure David Byrne, who was shot dead in the Regency Hotel gun attack in February 2016. David was brother of Liam Byrne and uncle of Lee Byrne.

Whelan was also a close pal of Thomas ‘The Bomber’ Kavanagh.

‘The Wig’ pleaded guilty in July 2021 to participating in the actions of an organised crime gang by laundering money for the group.

He also pleaded guilty to possession of €1,200 in cash and an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak gentleman’s watch, the proceeds of crime, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin, on January 31, 2019.

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