We ALL remember this lad from yesterday, right?

Just as the President of Ireland was making his way through O Connell Street, the army officer decided to have a quick chat on the phone.

Of course the whole country (and every Irish mammy) went into outrage over it (well, we LOVED it) but as it turns out, he was actually doing his job.

A spokesperson for the Defence Forces told the Irish Independent that the man is an army press officer, and was just doing his job at the time.

But now, these photos of the same officer have made their way to the Internet and they will really make you proud to be Irish.

The officer is pictured kneeling to speak to Sheila O Leary, whose father and mother both fought in the Rising in 1916.

Sheila’s parents were Thomas Byrne and Lucy Agnes Smyth, who were both in the GPO during the Easter rebellion. 

Ms O Leary was pictured holding her father’s medals and talking to the officer as she waited for the centenary parade to start.

Many flocked to Twitter to say that there was outrage over the phone picture, but nobody stops to mention that he was the only officer to sit and talk to Sheila while she was on her own.

What a nice guy!