Cork-based nuns selling ointment online told to remove medicinal claims

Sr Irene Gibson with Sr Anne Marie from the Holy Family Carmelite Hermitage, Leap, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Two Cork-based nuns who recently breached Covid-19 restrictions by attending an exorcism of the Dáil were recently ordered to remove medicinal claims about an ointment they had been selling.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) confirmed that the claims had been removed from social media about a black salve ointment which was claimed could cure "abnormal skin growths".