Irish Mail on Sunday denies deceiving Tribune readership

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.

Associated Newspapers Ireland, owners of the Irish Mail on Sunday, is being prosecuted at the Dublin District Civil Court for breaching the Consumer Protection Act.

The National Consumer Agency (NCA) brought the case after complaints by readers who bought the edition on February 6 thinking they had bought the Sunday Tribune, days after it went into receivership.