The chair of the consumer watchdog has commented after a Kerry tourist retailer pleaded guilty to falsely attaching ‘Made in Ireland’ labels to its products.
It follows a number of complaints to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, regarding labels which had been tampered with on jumpers.
The sweatshirts on sale at Quills Woollen Market stores in Killarney and Kenmare were later found to have been made in Pakistan.
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Brian McHugh, Chair of the CCPC says customers were misled:
The owner of Quills Retail, the company which owns Quills Woollen Mills, said he disagreed with the judge's comments made yesterday.
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Judge David Waters said there was a deliberate act to mislead.
Padraig Quill Junior said that was not the case.
