A group of Italian tourists were reunited with their belongings today after forgetting the name of their bed and breakfast and spending two nightssleeping in a hire car.
All the three men could remember was that the Dublin Bed and Breakfast they had booked into had agreen door, was on a main street and beside a school.
After three days hunting for their baggage - which included airline tickets and a passport - gardai were contacted by the Dublin B&B owner who had the bags.
Despite the upheaval, the holidaymakers were determined to make the most of their trip and had headed for Co Waterford, where they were told of the find this morning.
One of the men, Andreas, said he and his two friends had been so hungry on their arrival in Dublin that they had gone straight out for a meal after dropping off their bags at a B&B.
After the mean they realised they had no idea where the B&B was, and made five trips trying to retrace their journey to the restaurant. "In Dublin it is all similar," Andreas said.
Officers from the Garda Tourist Victim Support Office contacted the Italian embassy and the men's travel agent to arrange for them to travel back home tomorrow as planned.
A B&B owner got in touch with gardai following appeals in the media. "The next time I come back in Ireland and I take a B&B I will write the name, address, phone number, surname, all," Andreas said.
PA