2379...I Am Irish

100 per cent.

Sure, never been there but my DNA is 100 per cent Green.

So it pains me to ask these simple questions:

You are a cop, and your vehicle gets attacked by youths. Do you a) Call for backup, b) Bring out the teargas, or c) start playing ice cream van music?

Keep in mind you are an Irish copper.

I reask:

You are a cop, and your vehicle gets attacked by youths. Do you a) Call for backup, b) Bring out the teargas, or c) start playing ice cream van music?

Of course the answer is c) start playing ice cream van music.

Police were called to Glasvey Drive in Twinbrook on 22 May where they passed a group of about 15 youths who began throwing bottles at their vehicle.

A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said: "An officer used the vehicle's tannoy system to play music to the youths in an effort to use humour to defuse the situation.

"The youths stopped throwing the bottles. However, police accept that this was not an appropriate action.

"The officer has been spoken to by a senior officer in order to establish the circumstances of the incident."

Sinn Fein councillor Angela Nelson told the Andersonstown News that the officer's actions "beggared belief".

"The PSNI are put on the streets to do a serious job and that is to keep order on the streets and face down anti-social elements. This is like a sick joke.

"It goes against everything we are trying to solve and eradicate in the area."

WFDS