
Wicklow man reunited with car three weeks after losing it on Cork stag do
A Wicklow man has finally been reunited with his car — after he lost it somewhere for three weeks when he parked it somewhere in Cork ahead of a stag do.
We've all been there after a night out; waking up with the mouth sweats and pounding headaches, forgetting what you did the night before, and trying to figure out where you left your phone, wallet and usually keys.
However, most people would at least write down where they parked their car ahead of the night out, particularly if they parked somewhere a little more 'unorthodox' — something that happened to Kieran from Wicklow, who lost his 2010 Skoda after parking it at a housing estate in Cork ahead of a stag do on April 4. A Wicklow man has appealed for the people of Cork to keep an eye out for his car — after he parked it somewhere in the city ahead of a stag do. Pic: Getty Images
Since then, poor Kieran has been heading to the rebel county every weekend looking for his car, and even issued an appeal on RedFM for anyone who may have seen the burgundy car, which he admits he parked 'a bit of a walk' from Cork City Centre.
After making sure with Gardaí that the car wasn't stolen or towed, he's still looking for the car, which he said he parked in a housing estate about 30 minutes from the city centre, telling Neil Prendeville that he reckons it's 'still parked where I left it, I just can't remember where.'
However, this ends with good news for Kieran — as a woman on Tory Top Road reunited the Wicklow man with his Skoda. Kieran's looking for help in locating his burgundy Skoda car after he parked it just outside the city ahead of a stag do earlier this month. Pic: Anton Pentegov/Shutterstock
Susan Maguire rang RedFM to confirm that a car that she was seeing on her walks to Aldi that she assumed was her neighbour's was actually Kieran's car — calling the station to report that she saw Kieran's car on Tory Top Road.
Despite Kieran offering a €200 reward for the whereabouts of his car, Susan said that she wasn't going to take the money — telling the station 'I couldn't take €200 for a phone call.'
Kieran was delighted and incredibly grateful for Susan finding the car, admitting that he was even looking for a new car around the time his motor was found; but host Neil Prendeville joked that Kieran's car was clamped and there were 'between eight and ten parking tickets' on the windshield. Kieran will return to Cork this weekend to finally retrieve his car. Pic: Getty
Neil eventually let Kieran in on the rib, with the Wicklow man set to head back to Cork one last time to finally retrieve his car.

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