What happens in Vegas… ends up in Tipperary, apparently.
Plenty of people who visit Las Vegas for a good time end up losing a lot more than an iPhone – a lot of money and dignity come to mind – so it could have been worse for Mayo man Ian McWalter, who departed Sin City without his brand new iPhone 6S after a weekend of partying last month.
Losing a top of the range phone is still really annoying, however and Ian was determined to do all in his power to recover it after it was left behind at a pool party in MGM Wet Republic on Saturday, June 24.
Having left the venue and realised the phone was still there, attempts by Ian to gain re-entry and recover it fell on deaf ears. Instead, he was instructed to call lost and found, which he did repeatedly for the following two days he spent in Vegas, with no joy.
Ian returned to Vancouver, where he now lives, on the Monday and after checking the Find My iPhone app, he discovered that the phone was still showing up at the MGM in Las Vegas. Again, however, calls to the MGM in an attempts to recover it were unsuccessful.
The following Thursday, five days after losing the phone, Ian says his phone starting going nuts in his pocket at 5am Vancouver time as the Find My iPhone app had detected his phone in Nenagh in Tipperary.
Ian says he and his friends were sat next to a group of girls from Tipperary while at the party at MGM Wet Republic, figures that it somehow ended up in their possession and is seeking help in recovering it.
The exact address is blocked out above, but the phone ended up in the Nenagh area. However, the girls have since made contact with the owner to reunite the pair.
All’s well that ends well.
