Dublin police were called to a house where a man climbed on the roof and proceeded to remove his clothes last month (September 23) in the Cabra area of the city.

The drama started at around 4:00 pm and the Garda arrived setting up diversions and roadblocks in the area while trying to get the undressed man down.

The man in question then escalated the situation by tearing roof tiles off the house and launching them down towards the officers below.

The filmer said: "I don’t know him personally but from what I’ve heard from his neighbours is that he was on drugs."

He later added: "This is the first time he’s done anything like this from what I know."

The incident came to a safe end and all local roads were reopened.