Martin: One advisor says ‘look, try and contain that inner Turners Cross in you'

The Taoiseach was interviewed on radio and asked how he deals with opponents when he meets them

The Taoiseach said his mother "regretted” that he went into politics. File picture: Julien Behal

Micheál Martin said that despite preparing for pandemics when he was Minister of Health more than 17 years ago, he didn’t realise this pandemic would be so “prolonged”.

And of his time between 2000 and 2004 as health minister, he described it as “Helter Skelter”, saying there were always “grenades going off".