 She maintained she was arrested for speaking in Irish to an officer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and was acquitted on appeal in September 2007.Nic an Bhaird was arrested after leaving a public house on the Malone Road in south Belfast with friends after a night out.She became involved in an altercation with police officers, who alleged that she said "Tiocfaidh ár lá", Irish for "our day will come", a phrase associated with republican support for the Provisional Irish Republican Army.