‘Opportunistic’ thief snatched tourist’s luggage from Morgan Hotel in Temple Bar on first day of her holiday

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Andrew Phelan

​A holidaymaker on her first day of a trip to Ireland had her luggage stolen from a Dublin hotel lobby before it could be brought up to her room.

Gavin Mangan (46) went into the hotel and picked up the bag while it was momentarily unattended in an “opportunistic” crime while he was “strung out on drugs”, a court heard.