Retailers under attack: I remember thinking 'this could be the end'

Vincent Jennings, CEO of the Convenience Stores & Newsagents Association; Minister of State Emer Higgins; and John McDonald, Managing Director, ShelfLife, pictured at the “Stop Crime Against Retailers" in Fallon & Byrne, Dublin City. Photographer: Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland
Retailers who are at breaking point from repeat offenders have demanded urgent action to end the "relentless violence" in their stores.
Shop owners came together at Fallon & Byrne in Dublin this week for the launch of a new campaign titled
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