Tribune to take legal action against Mail over fake cover

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.

Lawyers for the Tribune, publication of which is suspended while a receiver tries to find a buyer for the title, are also seeking compensation from the Mail for damages to the Tribune brand and the paper’s goodwill.

They are also seeking assurances that the Mail will not repeat the stunt and are threatening to apply for a High Court injunction against the Mail if it declines to give such an undertaking by this afternoon.