Nice to see Pink's keeping the Gardai occupied before her spate of nationwide gigs.

Here she is outside the Clarence getting her photographed taken with two smitten policemen who just happened to be passing by - perhaps on their way across the Millennium Bridge to check out the rampant proliferation of junkies half hiding in dirty doorways along Great Strand Street to get a fix.

Yep, that might explain why there's little police presence down the back allies, or around the abandoned lotts, of north inner city Dublin - they're hanging around plush hotels getting photos taken with celebs.

And sure why not? They deserve a break from having to deal with all manner of scurrilous criminals with only a wee shtick and a pair of comedy trousers with which to defend themselves.