SPOTTED recently, a leading property developer making a purchase in Brown Thomas and popping the item into a less conspicuous bag, just in case he might be caught on camera.

This was after RTÉ’s expose of Gerry Gannon festooned with BT bags in its Prime Time special on the lifestyle of developers in Nama. It’s one image most people remember vividly from the programme – that and Cork developer Michael O’Flynn hopping around in his helicopter from race meeting to race meeting. Low key is now the way to go for these former high flyers. Brown Thomas may be still as popular as ever with them, but they’ll be checking out the store’s delivery service for anthing bigger than a lipstick.