Two convictions and 25 enforcement orders have been secured against a range of businesses for misleading and overcharging consumers in the last six months.

The National Consumer Agency secured one conviction and 45 enforcement actions against businesses who overcharged customers and failed to display prices in the first six months of the year.

A GALWAY County Councillor is among 33 traders named and shamed for breaching consumer laws in a list published by the National Consumer Agency (NCA) yesterday.