Young YouTube stars net over 9m hits — but no ice-cream

It runs to just 26 seconds long, but a video starring two Limerick kids caught in an unfortunate moment has got over 9m hits on YouTube.

The video shows two young boys eating beans on toast with their babysitter and then falling over as they hear the jingles of an ice-cream van approach.

Incidentally, locals say the ice-cream seller happens to live across the street from the family and was not selling ice-cream at all at the time, but was merely alerting his wife that he was on his way home in time for tea.