Retailers fined for breaching pricing laws

CONSUMER rights watchdogs have slapped retailers with the first “on-the-spot” fines for failing to display prices properly.

Eight fines of €300 were issued by the National Consumer Agency (NCA) inspectors after checking prices at 40 shops across the country in the week before Christmas.

The shops were in Kilkenny, Cork, Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Clare, Kildare and Tipperary.