Newbridge people are left holding small children & babies in rain due to wrong time given by eir to press for arrival of its Loot Lorry

Hundreds of disappointed families lined up in the rain yesterday in the mistaken belief that an eir  Loot Lorry would appear at 4.25pm.

KildareNow would like to clarify that Eir's press team sent them a specific time of 4.25pm at St  Conleth's GAA car-park. They had sent two emails issuing 4.25pm as the specific and definite time, along with a phone call yesterday clarifying that time.

This time was the time given to inform the public to be ready, to be in the chance of getting free playstations, televisions and mobile phones.

However, apparently Eir placed a post on their Facebook page stating 3pm. The lorry, with comedian Andrew Stanley, turned up at approximately 3.30pm, gave out 40 free prizes and left at about 4pm, not bearing in mind that an email had been sent to KildareNow, guaranteeing the  arrival time as 4.25pm.

Unfortunately , eir today are refusing to issue an apology, despite numerous requests,  to all the people who read KildareNow and waited in vain, from 4.25pm.

The event distributing free prizes was part of celebrating Meteor becoming eir.

One KildareNow reader said: "It was crowded, small kids and babies, raining, some people were still there at 4.50pm."