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 watch-dog had brought the case against ANI after complaints by readers who bought the “special edition” Irish Mail on Sunday , on February 6th last thinking they had purchased the Sunday Tribune , days after it went into receivership.

In his verdict today Judge Conal Gibbons said he had found four of the charges against ANI proven.

He noted the evidence from witnesses who bought the edition thinking it was the Sunday Tribune  and who had felt “duped” and “cheated”. He also noted evidence from retailers and shop employees, who had thought they had been supplied with editions of the Sunday Tribune.

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