People are reading too much into the songs sung at rugby matches, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
He was speaking as some Irish Rugby fans have been criticised for singing The Cranberries song Zombie at the Rugby World Cup.
The song was written by Limerick woman Dolores O'Riordain in reaction to the Warrington bombing in England in 1993.
The song includes the lyrics, 'But you see, it's not me/ It's not my family' - which some have claimed suggests indifference to the suffering of Northern nationalists.
Mr Varadkar told The Pat Kenny Show he would be singing it himself if he was in France.
"Yeah of course, it's a great song," he said.
"We'd a similar debate around the Wolfe Tones and what I said at the time, and I'll say it now, is I think sometimes people read too much into the songs that people sing.
"I'm not sure all that many people are thinking about the politics of it.
"Zombie is a great Munster Rugby song.
"Dolores [O'Riordain] was from Limerick, it's been sung at rugby matches for a very long time.
"It's a good North-South [song]; bear in mind this is a team that has support from both communities.
"I think it's one that we can all sing comfortably - it is ultimately an anti-terrorism song.
"It's not a nationalist or unionist song in my view," he added.
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