{"id":376322,"date":"2026-04-01T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376322\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:52:10","slug":"the-indo-daily-perjury-probe-gardai-carry-out-social-media-deep-dive-into-nikita-hands-former-neighbours-linked-to-conor-mcgregor-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376322\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indo Daily: Perjury probe: Garda\u00ed carry out social media deep dive into Nikita Hand&#8217;s former neighbours, linked to Conor McGregor case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a370ee1b-5a4e-431b-9347-cb2c0a072601.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A new chapter could be unfolding in the aftermath of Conor McGregor\u2019s civil rape case, with a Garda investigation into Nikita Hands one-time neighbours, now approaching its conclusion. The couple had claimed they could provide evidence that might undermine Nikita Hand\u2019s account, claims she had strongly denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The garda file into the alleged perjury includes a statement from a landlord contradicting the Dublin couple\u2019s claims that they were living across the street from Ms Hand at the time she said she was raped by Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Samantha O\u2019Reilly and Steven Cummins, from Ballyfermot, were arrested last September by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation \u00ad(GNBCI) for alleged perjury relating to Ms Hand\u2019s civil case against the former UFC champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">They were released without charge the next day and the garda probe continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In recent weeks, it has been announced that the public will soon get a behind the scenes account of the 2024 civil judgement, from Nikita Hand herself in a forthcoming book. Ms Hand and her partner Gary have shared news that they are expecting a baby this June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Elsewhere in an unrelated case, Conor McGregor\u2019s sister\u2019s business has also come before Dublin courts. Aoife McGregor has been ordered to make a charity donation after her salon admitted selling a sunbed session to an underage girl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A 16-year-old volunteer for the HSE paid for three minutes on a sunbed without being asked her age or to produce ID, a court has been told.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Dublin District Court was told the employee responsible had since been fired by the company, which took the public health regulations \u201cvery seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Adjourning the case, Judge Anthony Halpin ordered the salon to pay \u20ac500 to charity as well as another \u20ac1,000 in costs to the HSE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Today on the Indo Daily, Fionn\u00e1n Sheahan is joined by the Sunday Independent&#8217;s Ali Bracken and Court Reporter Andrew Phelan, to discuss the latest developments in both cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new chapter could be unfolding in the aftermath of Conor McGregor\u2019s civil rape case, with a Garda&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1714,9924,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-376322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-conor-mcgregor","9":"tag-dublin-courts","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}