Slimming pill seller told she must pay €3k costs

A Dublin woman, who admitted unlawfully supplying potentially dangerous slimming tablets, must come up with proposals to pay €3,250 in legal costs, a judge has ordered.

Lydia McCarthy, a mother of two and with an address at Alexandra Place, East Rd, East Wall, admitted using mail order and advertising the medication on popular websites.

She has pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court to 16 counts of breaking medicinal products regulations.