{"id":216244,"date":"2025-12-29T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216244\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:04:13","slug":"ireland-named-europes-most-distracted-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216244\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland named Europe\u2019s most distracted country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/695259243cee5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Freenow has revealed that over 4,600 items were left behind in taxis across the country over the past 12 months.\n        <\/p>\n<p>From concertinas to Cork GAA flags, Ireland\u2019s passengers are proving to be Europe\u2019s most forgetful taxi riders.<\/p>\n<p>Freenow, Ireland\u2019s number one taxi app, revealed that over 4,600 items were left behind in taxis across the country over the past 12 months \u2013 nearly a third of all lost items across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>While mobile phones, bags, keys, and wallets topped the list of most commonly forgotten items, some of the more unusual finds included dentures, a graduation scroll, and a banjo.<\/p>\n<p>December proved the busiest month for lost property, highlighting that passengers are especially forgetful during the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>As New Year\u2019s Eve approaches, Freenow is encouraging everyone to check the back seat before leaving their taxi. Lost items can be reported directly through the Freenow app.<\/p>\n<p>Europe-wide, Ireland leads the way as the most distracted, followed by Germany, Spain, Greece, and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News via Getty Freenow has revealed that over 4,600 items were left behind in taxis across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612,43],"class_list":["post-216244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}