Eason to donate €1k after selling cigarettes to minor

Retailer Eason has agreed to donate €1,000 to charity to avoid a court conviction for selling cigarettes to a minor.

The company was summonsed to appear at Dublin District Court to face a charge under the Public Health Tobacco Act for selling a tobacco product to a person under the age of 18 at its shop in the Pavillion Shopping Centre in Swords, Dublin.

The prosecution was brought by the HSE and the company pleaded guilty to the charge.