The Irish Mail on Sunday's decision to print 26,000 Sunday Tribune look-alike editions was a “carefully executed plan” to deceive consumers, a judge was told today.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday asked shopkeepers to display a Sunday Tribune lookalike edition on empty spaces previously reserved for the defunct newspaper, a court has heard.

The Irish Mail on Sunday asked shopkeepers to display a Sunday Tribune look-alike edition on empty spaces previously reserved for the defunct newspaper, a court has heard.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday has denied claims it tried to deceive readers into buying the paper by publishing a special edition with a fake Sunday Tribune masthead.

The Irish Mail on Sunday has denied claims they tried to deceive readers into buying their paper by publishing a special edition with a fake Sunday Tribune masthead.

IRELAND’s largest media group Independent News & Media (INM), swung back into profit — on a pre-tax level — last year, and is hoping to resume making dividend payments to shareholders next year.

Independent News and Media has announced a 14% rise in underlying operating profit for 2010.

THE Sunday Tribune newspaper is taking legal action against the Irish Mail on Sunday for a share of revenues generated by sales of last weekend’s edition of the Mail which used a fake Tribune front page.

The Sunday Tribune is to pursue legal action in response to the Irish Mail on Sunday's publication yesterday of thousands of newspapers featuring a mocked-up Tribune masthead.

The National Consumer Agency is contacting the Irish Daily Mail today over the publication of its paper yesterday with the Sunday Tribune masthead.

THE Irish Mail on Sunday has defended a marketing stunt denounced as shameless after it tried to cash in on the anticipated demise of its Sunday Tribune rival.

The Editor of the Irish Mail on Sunday has defended his decision to put today's edition of the paper into a mocked up version of the Sunday Tribune, saying he did it to encourage people to buy Irish.

The Editor of the Sunday Tribune has expressed her shock at the use of the paper's image by a rival newspaper.

Clarification is expected later on whether the Sunday Tribune newspaper will publish an edition this weekend.

QUINN Insurance Group has lost a High Court bid to strike out parts of the Sunday Tribune’s defence in forthcoming libel proceedings over articles alleging it recruited gardaí to approach solicitors to offer them bonuses on their fees to recommend reduced settlements to clients in cases against Quinn Direct.

THE Sunday Tribune newspaper has denied claims it published a story about the insurance company, Quinn Group, based on a false memo.

THE Sunday Tribune has managed to trim its losses to just over €60,000 a week.

THE Sunday Tribune lost almost €90,000 a week in 2003 and 2004, the latest annual report for the newspaper reveals.

Ms Noirin Hegarty (38) has been appointed editor of the Sunday Tribune with immediate effect.