The Dundalk-born star told the Sunday Tribune that he was against the Lisbon Treaty and views it as a stepping-stone to an Orwellian nightmare state run by a one-world government.

Corr, 43, also revealed that he objects to the influence of Masonic Orders in politics, is against GM foods and fears that implanting humans with microchips will lead to complete government control of the human race.

Separated from former fiancée Gayle Williamson, Corr makes frequent trips to Belfast to visit their son Brandon.

He said the birth of his son last year played a major a part in his politicisation.

"When you have children there is an extension of you into the future. You think, hang on, this may not affect me but what on earth is it going to be like for my children? You start to ask questions."

Jim Corr on....

A possible career in politics

"I love playing music but I wouldn't rule anything out down the line. I imagine it would be an incredibly difficult job but if I felt we were going in such a bad direction, then maybe I would stand. I would be an independent because I am not affiliated with any political party."

The Lisbon Treaty

"Certainly the views of one party did resonate a bit more with me this time. Because of what we've experienced as a nation. Six hundred years of tyranny under the British establishment. We cannot forget that and here we are giving away our national sovereignty to a new European federal state."

Freemasons

"There are a large number of secret societies in our government, we certainly know that. The push towards global government totally correlates with the Freemasonic agenda.

"The way it works is that once they see a rising star, let's say a politician, they're approached, as a couple of my friends have been approached, because they would see you as an asset to the brotherhood.

"Tony Blair is a 33rd degree Freemason. That's fairly common knowledge. The Queen is grand patroness of the World Freemasonry. Silvio Berlusconi is a high level Freemason. President George Bush is a member of the Skull and Bones, the Yale secret society, which is an off-shoot of the Freemasons."

GM foods

"Imagine the nightmare of genetically modified foods being pushed onto our farmers. This might sound extreme but there is a component in GM foods called Agro bacterium which has been shown to alter human DNA. You don't want to be eating that.

"There's another agenda to microchip the planet. With these chips inside our bodies they have the potential to manipulate us, emotionally, physically and mentally. It might sound like science fiction but that's what I and other people think the ultimate agenda is. It's got to be stopped."

Big brother and a surveillance state

"There's another agenda to microchip the planet. With these chips inside our bodies they have the potential to manipulate us, emotionally, physically and mentally. It might sound like science fiction but that's what I and other people think the ultimate agenda is. It's got to be stopped."

September 11

"When you study 9/11 it becomes very apparent... it was a staged terrorist attack, what they call a false flag operation."

Jim Corr on Today FM's 'Last Word'