Micheál Martin on Cork humour, his son going viral — and the time he thought he’d ‘never laugh again’

The Taoiseach also revealed he has a lot of time for comedian Mario Rosenstock — admitting he enjoyed the 2011 general election skit that saw Rosenstock dress up as an altar boy for his impersonation of him

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin outside his office in Govenment Buildings. Picture: Moya Nolan

Micheál Martin has opened up about what makes him laugh — and the time he thought he’d never laugh again — in a quirky podcast interview.

Appearing on Doireann Garrihy’s The Laughs of Your Life podcast today, the Taoiseach addressed an iconic Mario Rosenstock skit that “takes the mick” out of him and the picture of his son that sent Twitter into a frenzy.