A Christmas miracle: The story of how bicycle shop staff, donuts, and a Garda Chief Superintendent helped get a stolen cargo bike returned

Frontline reported the bike and had some clear cctv footage, so that was a start. Now who owned the bike? @Twitter you beauty! One tweet and a few retweets later I found the owner! We chatted. Updated him on latest developments and sent him cctv images to add to his report.

— §daire™ (@daireof) December 23, 2021

Honestly at this point I thought I had done my duty and with all the extra info the garda would pick him up in a day or two. So I went about my business gifting Xmas donuts from @TheRollingDonut to my buddies in @FunkedUpFixies. We were just chattin then I saw the cargo sail past

— §daire™ (@daireof) December 23, 2021

I was on a cargo so wasn't as mobile as Rory but I decided to cruise round grafton st and hope to find him. Cycled round the green and found it parked up and locked. Called the garda and waited close by so I could see it and hoped the garda would get here soon

— §daire™ (@daireof) December 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/daireof/status/1473947764228771843?s=20

https://twitter.com/daireof/status/1473947767479451657?s=20

Job done! But the best bit was calling the owner to tell him he was getting his bike back. He was whooping over the phone and I even shed a wee tear. So Happy Christmas everyone. Miracles can happen!

— §daire™ (@daireof) December 23, 2021