With only a handful of days left until the fight of the Millennium, Michael D Higgins took it upon himself to give Conor McGregor some specialised training. Now you wouldn't have our pint-sized president down as your #1 personal trainer, but you know what they say about judging books'n all that.
McGregor was just as surprised as we were on discovering he was quite the fighter, "I did not know you had a partiality for the boxing Mr. President?".
Michael D cannot do this all alone though, as he wants to push The Notorious to the limits, so he enlists the help of some of the meanest scrappers out there: Kenny Egan teaches how not to be distracted, Bernard Dunne offers cúpla focal, and Michael Flatley scares the "Ah Bejaysus" out of him with his nonsensical proverbs, "An old broom knows the dirty corners best". (like seriously Flats??)
To get McG in "The Zone", they also create an exact replica of the ring and ask some of the nations finest performers to aid in the quest to maul Mayweather. Glenda Gilson as the ring girl (yes please), "Jimmy f****n Magee" announcing, "...and now for the vivisection in Vegas...", and Christy Moore pens a belter of a bodhrán track to mark the whole occasion.
Last, but not least, "The Galway Gurrier" goes toe-to-toe with Conor. An Uachtarán wasn't always running the country you know - he used to run the streets of the West, and has a few tricks up his sleeve. #dirty
Thankfully, The Gift Grub crew have an inside source, so the tapes were rolling, and we got it all.....
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