Stealing from the workplace is as much of a problem for employers as shoplifting is.
Newstalk Breakfast presenter Ivan Yates schooled co-host Chris Donoghue earlier when they came across a story in the UK papers today, that put a figure on the losses of 770 million sterling.
Shoflifting costs about the same at 800 million sterling.
Light-fingered staff members are most likely to lift razor blades, and other small, high-value items.
When it comes to the front pages, The Irish Independent leads with: "Bank of Ireland caves in on branch cash ban" - that story covers a climbdown on plans to restrict over the counter withdrawals and lodgements to €700 and €3,000 respectively.
Also: "A Sinn Féin candidate for the General Election has admitted a drink driving conviction was 'like a cross I will have to carry for the rest of my life'".
The Irish Times state that "Kenny to make case for EU as ESRI warns on Brexit", with the cost of that exit for Ireland being estimated at about €3 billion a year.
The Irish Examiner has: "18 sex offenders live close to school cluster" in Cork, while they also cover the Oireachtas report that would "make personal drugs legal"
The Herald leads with convict Graham Dwyer's begging letters - apparently he has written to lots of people expressing his innocence, while The Irish Sun leads with the news that Maria Walsh, former Rose of Tralee and Brian Ormond are to host TV3's toy show this Christmas season.
The Irish Daily Mirror covers the story of a man from Dundalk under the headline "Dad bleeds to death waiting on ambulance".
GAA star Johnny Cooper's horrendous attack on the front of The Star: "Cooper's attacker high on crystal meth". Sentencing to take place today.
The Irish Daily Mail has: "Shocking new low in our overcrowded hospitals as elderly woman allegedly attacked by named man after she is put on an all male ward" at South Tipperary hospital. That story covers the alleged sexual assault of 87-year-old.
Elsewhere in the papers, if you lost something at Electric Picnic, it's your last chance to reclaim it at the garda station in Stradbally, Co Laois this weekend.
The garda website is going to put pictures up over coming days of passports, bank cards, driving licences and mobile phones. This Saturday the items will be offered up for auction if they are not reclaimed.
Cumbria police in the UK are annoyed that they are receiving calls like "what temperature should I cook my chicken at" as well as inquiries about the phone number for the local taxi company.
And finally, The Irish Daily Mail says men who do more housework also have more passion in the bedroom, which was a topic that Chris and Ivan turned their attention to this morning.
However, Ivan wasn't convinced, asking "why would you want to use up all your energy on the hoover and the iron?".
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