{"id":492579,"date":"2026-05-19T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/492579\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:37:10","slug":"kerry-retailer-attached-made-in-ireland-labels-to-jumpers-made-in-pakistan-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/492579\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry retailer attached \u2018Made in Ireland\u2019 labels to jumpers made in Pakistan \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A well-known Co Kerry<\/a> retailer has been convicted after admitting to attaching \u201cMade in Ireland\u201d labels to products actually produced in Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Quills Woollen Market pleaded guilty at Killarney<\/a> District Court<\/a> to two counts of breaching consumer protection law following a prosecution by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission<\/a> (CCPC). <\/p>\n

Judge David Waters on Tuesday fined the retailer \u20ac500 and ordered it to pay \u20ac1,000 towards the CCPC\u2019s costs, noting that this was a \u201cdeliberate attempt to deceive buyers\u201d. <\/p>\n

Quills operates several retail and gift stores across the southwest, selling Irish-themed clothing, homewares, gifts and jewellery primarily to international tourists. <\/p>\n

Following consumer complaints to the CCPC helpline, officers from the commission carried out inspections in September and November 2024 to check compliance with consumer protection laws. <\/p>\n

\"AA cut care label on a jumper on sale in a Quills outlet. Photograph: CCPC <\/p>\n

During visits to Quills stores in Killarney and Kenmare<\/a>, the CCPC staff examined hooded sweatshirts with Quills-branded swing labels that said, \u201cMade in Ireland\u201d. <\/p>\n

The officers identified instances where the original care labels showing the country of origin appeared to be tampered with, as well as examples that still had the original label showing the country of origin as Pakistan, not Ireland. <\/p>\n

Under the Consumer Protection Act 2007, it is an offence for a trader to provide false or misleading information that could cause a consumer to make a transactional decision they would not otherwise make. This includes information relating to the geographical or commercial origin of a product. <\/p>\n

The retailer was convicted on both counts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe actions of Quills in this case are simply indefensible, with consequences reaching far beyond the consumers affected,\u201d said CCPC chairman Brian McHugh. \u201cThis behaviour damages competition between businesses selling Irish crafts and could also impact the reputations of both Ireland and Kerry as high-quality tourist destinations.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the CCPC supports businesses with the information they need to understand and meet their obligations under the law. \u201cHowever, our message is clear: where we see traders misleading consumers or breaching consumer law, the CCPC will take action, up to and including prosecution.\u201d <\/p>\n

Quills has been contacted for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A well-known Co Kerry retailer has been convicted after admitting to attaching \u201cMade in Ireland\u201d labels to products…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,7771,4598,19715,18,13,14,6,19,17,5280,957,64626,11,12,15,16,5,2214,3439,7,8],"class_list":["post-492579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-competition-and-consumer-protection-commission-ccpc","tag-consumer-protection","tag-district-court","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kenmare","tag-kerry","tag-killarney","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-pakistan","tag-retail","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116601989193822643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}