Businessman and former dancer Michael Flatley has not ruled himself out of running for the presidency.
The choreographer of the world-famous Riverdance and Lord of the Dance shows was speaking to Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ radio.
He said he has been approached by many people and asked about his intentions to run, which he "takes seriously".
He said: "I've not made the decision, but I have a team of advisers that are advising me on this. I have a huge business to run.
"I have an army of dancers counting on me to make a living. I have a whiskey company, a beautiful young wife and son that I want to spend time with.
"If I thought that I could be of benefit to the Irish people and maybe more importantly, if I thought I could be a voice of the Irish people. Right now, I don't think they have a voice, not a true proper deep voice that you know that speaks their language."
He added that he is "very blessed" as he regularly meets "the average man".
"I meet the average person on the street from five to 95. I meet them all and I hear their concerns. And I'd be lying if I said they're happy right now, and somebody has to speak for the Irish people.
"I'm not sure we need another politician... if I'm honest.
"It's a statesman's role, but I spent the last 30 years of my life touring the world promoting Ireland and Irish culture."
'I've met them all'
Mr Flatley went through a long list of foreign leaders and dignatories he has met and talked up the importance of promoting Ireland abroad.
"I've met them all. I've met the Bushes, the Obamas, Trump, Putin.
"I've met the Clintons. I've met the king and queen of England. I've met the king and queen of Sweden and of Spain.
"I've met all those people on a more cultural front, more to promote the country. And I think maybe that's what the job of president is all about."
He said that he has not been approached by any political party but has been "approached by some very weighted individuals people in the know".
"It's certainly not something that I've made any decision on, but it does get frustrating when you see the hard-working Irish taxpayer working as hard out and having no say in things."
Mr Flatley ended by saying: "Let it be said that I stand for Ireland and the Irish people, Sin é."
Healy-Rae says he is not a horse in the presidential race
Meanwhile, Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae has also ruled himself out of the presidential race.
It was reported earlier today that former TD Ivan Yates described Mr Healy-Rae as a "dark horse" for the upcoming campaign.
However, speaking on RTÉ's Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin, Mr Healy-Rae firmly ruled himself out of the running.
"The horse racing was on here in Killarney for the last number of days, and I am not a horse in those races or in the presidential race, because I have a very clear focus in life," he said.
"I've been elected by the people of Kerry to act as an independent person within Government, helping them in every way I can, and also throughout the rest of the country. I appreciate that role very much.
"But you can be sure of one thing, whoever's name is going to be on a piece of paper, it's not going to be me," he added.
Mr Healy-Rae described Michael Flatley as "an excellent ambassador".
"When you speak about Michael Flatley, he's been an excellent ambassador for what I would call our traditions of dance and music for many, many decades now. He's a person that I know personally, and he's a very, very nice gentleman.
"I wish him every good luck in every endeavour that he would ever have ... but I am not going to be coming out and signing nomination papers for any person.
"I'm going to be letting the people evolve and I look forward to an interesting presidential campaign."
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin’s Agriculture spokesperson Martin Kenny said his party is still finalising its strategy for the upcoming election.
"We haven't eliminated anything. There was a discussion with the grassroots across the entire country over the last couple of weeks, and people put forward their views," he said on the same programme.
"Many people feel that as the largest Opposition party, we should be running somebody. Other people think no, we shouldn't, we should back somebody from a broad left alliance.
"It's up in the air yet. We have still to consider it, we are considering it and we'll take our time considering it. The election isn't going to be until November, so there's plenty of time to work out the details of all of this," he added.
Aontú 'trying to develop caucus'
While Aontú TD Paul Lawless said that his party had approached a number of individuals to consider running, and that some individuals had approached the party to put themselves forward.
"We have a constitutional obligation and the ability to put a candidate forward for this election, and I think it's really important that we take that very seriously," he said.
"We have reached out to a number of independents to try to develop a grouping, or a caucus, to give potential candidates who have approached us a pathway or a vehicle upon which to run."
Mr Lawless said he did not think it would be fair to name any of Aontú’s potential candidates.
"I think it would be unfair of us at this stage to put their name forward, because we are trying to develop this caucus.
"We're trying to develop a grouping to allow individuals to make their pitch and then the members, TDs and senators, then can vote in a in a PR system and then potentially back a candidate," he said.
Voting for the next president is expected to take place in late October.
So far two candidates have been announced.
Former EU Commissioner and MEP Mairead McGuinness is running for Fine Gael, while TD Catherine Connolly is running as an Independent after securing the backing of 20 Oireachtas members.
