Shoplifting amid chaotic scenes at an overcrowded shop during ‘Storm Emma’ contributed to the loss of €30,000 worth of stock.

THE OLD-TIMERS up here have a saying; “There is only a while in anything and all good things must come to an end”.

IT’S BEEN a tough few months for wasteful spenders, and the backlash against squandermania continued in Croke Park yesterday.