Petty theft costs five-star Irish hotels over $26,000 per year

And those thefts aren't committed by "American Holiday" tourists. I see most being done by the low-life natives and certain elements from the "Continent". Hotels cannot refuse guests by profiling. That's again the lunacy law in Ireland and the people who are refused (mostly knacker clans) can turn around and successfully claim "racism" and collect 6 figure sums. No law suit required. The only requirement is that the Irish "equality board" has the power to hear the testimony and order the payout.

I've never spent a night in a 5-star hotel in Dublin or anywhere els. But in 2009,My wife and I spent a few days & nights at a B&B in Caslebar ( Co. Muigh Eó), where the lady of the House gave us the keys to the front door on a Sundasy while she and her family were attending a party. She also told us to help ourselves to any item we needed in her refrigerator. Irish hspitality at it's best.

"... followed by toiletries (60%)..." What kind of nonsense is this? Are they talking about shampoo, soap (invariably crap) etc? You should most certainly not take a towel, but you most certainly can use or take a small vial of shampoo. Normal hotels do NOT count the use or removal of these as theft. What nut decided to include them?