Tánaiste Micheál Martin said he would rather see the Dublin senior footballers win the next 10 All-Irelands in a row, rather than Sinn Féin win the next election, when asked on a podcast.
The former Taoiseach was asked on the Talking Bollox Podcast, where co-hosts Terrence Power and Calvin O'Brien put forward the question as part of a 'zinger', an ice-breaking tradition on the show that sees guests answer a would-you-rather question.
"I have a good one for you. Would you rather Dublin win the next 10 All-Irelands or Sinn Féin win the next election?" they asked.
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In response, the Cork native said: "Oh Jesus, Dublin to win the next 10 All-Irelands. Could you not give us a break in the middle and let Cork win one of them."
The Fianna Fáil representative, whose son, Micheál, plays in goal for the Cork senior footballers, was also asked who the most important "contact" is in his phone book is, to which he replied: "Joe Biden."
Terrence and Calvin remarked that they were delighted with their guest, saying that it must have been the first time inner-city Dublin lads in tracksuits were interviewing a Tánaiste.
Micheál, who said he was aware of the zingers before coming on the show, had one of his own, asking whether they preferred Roy Keane or Robbie Keane. All three agreed that the former Man United captain was the better of the two.
Micheál described his fellow Corkman's commentary as "box office."
The Tánaiste also informed the hosts that he follows Manchester United.
Following the ice-breakers, the podcast took a more serious direction, with the trio having a 70-minute discussion on topics such as social inequality, Ireland's drugs policy and the housing crisis.
When asked if he could go back into the past and fix one Irish problem or fix three problems facing Ireland at the moment, the Tánaiste said he would take the three problems today.
"Obviously, housing would be the number one. The other two, I think in terms of special needs in education. The health side of special needs therapies, I would sort that out.
"The third issue, would be can we move faster on biodiversity and the whole climate piece, we are very slow on that," he said.
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