‘Mail on Sunday’ found guilty of breaking consumer protection laws

The publisher of the Irish Mail on Sunday has been found guilty of breaking consumer protection laws by publishing 26,000 Sunday Tribune look-alike editions.

Associated Newspapers (Ireland) (ANI), owners of the Irish Mail on Sunday, was prosecuted by the National Consumer Agency (NCA) at Dublin District Court for breaching consumer protection legislation. The newspaper group has pleaded not guilty to six charges.

The watchdog brought the case against ANI after complaints by readers who bought the “special edition” Irish Mail on Sunday on Feb 6 last thinking they had bought the Sunday Tribune, days after it went into receivership.