UFC Fighter Conor McGregor has been handed a six month driving ban and fined €1,000 for overspeeding.

The 30-year-old was caught driving at 154kph in a 100kph zone on the N7 in Co Kildare in the incident last year, and failed to pay the fixed penalty fine.

McGregor apologised to the judge after he was also fined 1,000 euros (£883) at Naas district court near Dublin.

“I apologise, I didn’t know I was going that fast,” he said.

“As the man said, I was polite, I apologised.”

He had also been accused of three other motoring offences - driving without a licence, and failing to produce a driving licence either on the spot, or within 10 days at a garda station.

Judge Desmond Zaidan said: "The speed here is in the higher end. Speed kills and that is what makes speeding dangerous.

"When speeding goes wrong the consequences are catastrophic and life-changing, there is no question about that.

"Sadly we have lost more lives on our roads because of excessive speeding, dangerous speeds and other bad behaviour."

The judge gave McGregor six months to pay the €1,000 fine, and said he would “mark the seriousness” of the offence by disqualifying him from driving.

“Thank you your honour,” McGregor said as he walked out of the courtroom.

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